Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-26
GOLDsBORO. N. c.. THIRSD.


A Curiolls Submarine Craft
Launched in Baltimore. a
] Baltimere, Md, Aug. 20. The
submarinesboat.. inyented by ST.
mon Lake was lauac he'd at the
Colun hian: Iroh Works to~dass
She slid down fhe ways all right
when the, choGks were knoeked
out and the 'stringefs VIZ saWn
asunder, but when she TeacRed
the water she took q sudden dip
blythe stsrn, and stuck Kgslssa;steE Kgllsss teEn
whsel. Which is to- act :tas a sgsfhde
and ruddsr, hard and fast ID. HE
md, with her bows still resting
e,Eahe ends ofSEe. ways. T WI
tugs hroks ninefniae inch manila
haWsers like wrapping, corr, tEYh
ing to float her off, but did dianot
succeed, and it hot believed she
will be float. d Thtil Ber 'twd~to5nd: to5nd:
detacha able iron keel has .been~lec
go and her wateR slllEs spHn ggad
out. Then it is expected she win
bob up 90 an even keel. The de-.
tachable- keel is Finftndeds to be
let go in case tha BOAT should faia
to rise after a diYeto the bottom,
and there is EstEe doubt that It
will proveseffective, as her buoy
ancy wiff.be so -safanSedk that the
release of; the. tE5o :tofisewei g BIT
will send her rapid dfyz to1.ttha urs
face 4...tt. :. II -. -. i
The boat wasiefristened<A <Argos
naut by Miss Miriam Lake, "a
granddaughter of Mr.-Eske. the
inventor OF the boat. Shesmasht
ed a bottle of champagne against
the side .oftbe S4noa.sa Craft as it
started en--itse~Way. A great
crowd d-ofpeopls zWitaasseAAh the
/. The Argenaft is. to- sha capable
.of goingsdow1e aad.looking for
sunHenE pass9tng ger liners like the
Elbe.~ the. Safefs orsne Drum
mond Cassie. ;sI.ae.Elpe aud the
Drummonds sGastleg and probably,
What is-1eft of The Safer, lie in.
waters which es-not too deep
for this wreckar, The density,
Of water at the depths .ifss ayzhDh'
they now are,s from sl-550 stes 800
feet, cannot Sc xeaeF9d bI a .mssnss
One Of the.e principal OBJ ects rot
the boat will-s.he the. 1eschingsof
drowned persons from theeihtar~
iOr Cf sunxen ShiDs.
Fae craft is to be<36 feet wide,
and wilt have a displacement of
54 tons. When. necessity calls for
it, the vessel can be ffaasp6f ted to
the great lakes on a fiat car. or
taken across the seas on the deck
Of steamer It may BE :plSoSssibl6
for this. craft t.. find. some Of, the
famous treasure ships which lie ut
the bottom of the seas, Tfef.]in-
.clude the Orients,, sunk, by NaEea
ut the battle oFthe Niie.with; 80 SO, = =
.0oo,dq0 aboard. the Latu111 e. ssiIiFnak i
in The Auyder.Zee withzSSR7, 000, ,1eo
in her .hold;;s the Be Btake;' lestsqf
Delaware Bay j with Spanish iii.
lion, and the ship .Gokdezzssttasatp, j.
,whih went .doyn off Cape Hut,
terra, while; returning fi;ofrtF Caliz
forIha in stheseefftiesz .teassessf, 18th
gold, Official sstatistfesSshew thst
|. Q, ofo.. VESSELS are sunk sannaleEls5f,'
the vessels and iIgeaTgees being
vailed at $500 200, ,0Oh, Tie
Atlfntfe andE Paciffss-.,lcaaats IS re
strevn withHs and pew weak ! rs Il sss
(lTnnaty laden With yaft1able Cal aass gs5as., u :
Z, Ihe lake BOAT can run down SM;ad,1l tlll., /,
I:beakhes, whfch drop six: feetsnln 2
nib, and trauelEeut a rhuaflrpA
mihes, under the sen sen: Some spakfn
shiPs are presefae .f.srr y ii sss:s as
| wat $ifIustratedE when an seeldssMairs e :
shi 5 ot,f the fifteenth or sixteenth
ceitury was found off the coast of
SPAN Divers bfe,igHt Jap arms n .ot
thb time of. CASTLE and Aragon and
mementos. ofs QHeena Isabel d..sand
FErdlnaud: hen etl ehe & g rSf 5s gd Of the
s4nken passepge liner Oregon
Ms recovered even bicycles and
silks reniainedfdna aaHaagetf.s AzhoS
et.wine, which wasrecoyeretrafter ter
4 lying at the bottom Of, tihfessea-fel
fly years, .bSaSdsslRst j Bottle;
I1he Argonauts wiit.make her@ trla'
| tip during theInsxt few ',9.waaaasks:
Probably the first AesseIthe inyen.
tor will try to, finde viii sbe the New
Ezra, sunk ofsAsburI Park N. y,
in 1852, with 200 passengers ,alfe
10 large amount of specie aboard
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