Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-25
FIFTEEN HOURS
UNDER THE SEA.
Submarine Boat Fulton Remains
That Length Of Time,
FELT NO STORM EFFECTS.
Onleers and Crew Came Up In Hest OF
Health ana spirits Experiment
A Great success.

New York, Nov. 2i,--ln the presence
OF big crowd which, despite the
storm, assembled to witness the emers-
ing OF the submarine boat Fulton,
that craft rose from the bottom of Fe-
comic bay this morning at lo'SO with all
well and greatly surprised to find there
was a storm raging. Peconic bay Is AT
the eastern end Of Long Island
The test Of the Fulton's staying
qualities was highly satisfactory not
only 10 the officers that built her, and
the naval officials present, but to those
who went to the bottom In the boat.
They report there was not the slightest
discomfort 70 them during their more
than hiteen hours OF submerson Do
low the surface.
Capt Gable OF the Holland company,
who was In command, said that the
boat could have remained down Tor
three months II there was food enough
on board
Although there was but six feet OF
water over the top Of the turret, those
on bOafa felt nothing OF the storm
Through the night there was light
rolling motion TO the craft, but TINS
was ascribed to the regular motlon Oh
the water and not to the disturbance
which was rolling the waves high Oh
the shore. But on coming to the sur
face the Fulton, under her own pow
o. ran alongside the dock and tea up
Rear Admiral Howe and Lieut. Arthur
Macarthur refused TO go into any as
cussIon OF the performance Of the boat
except that they would be satisfied TO
stay down longer They are, however,
known to be enthusiastic over the work
of the Fulton thus far,
Members OF the crew say they ex-
perierced no difficulty In breathing and
that the air was all that could be d.
sired and much purer and more healthy
than In an ordinary closed room In
which are several persons. Every
piece Of machinery worked to perfec-
ton during the night. The men ate
two meals while under water and en-
joyea them Most of them obtained
three or four hours sleep.
Rear Admiral Lowe said later; when
We went down ! assisted Capt Gable
in making an inspection Of the ship
Then / retired, while the crew played
cards and read. Every few hours l
was awakened and made inspections OF
the condition. Early this morning
Capt. Cable called my attention to the
pressure gauge which indicates the
depth. II showed that we We're lower
In the water than at high tide last
night, when we submerged. There was
nothing to show us why II was, but q
little while later noticed that the wa
ter as we saw II through the dead
lights, was very dirty and | imagined
that a storm was blowing, There was
no rock or roll OF the vessel to Indicate
what was going on
Continuing, Rear Admiral Lowe said
that the air In the bow -was as clean
and as pure as In house or In the
cabin OF yacht. "Not once" added
the admiral, did | notice any sign or
had dir, gas or other lmpurity. Con-
siderlng that we did not draw on thu
tanks at all consider this Is wonder
full. II upsets all the theories Of the
physicians and scientists, who tell US
that what we did last night was impoe-
sible. was critical all night and moth
ing escaped me-
The longest time that any submarine
boat had been under water heretofore
In the United States was three hours.
Lieut.. Harry Colwell kept the Hol-
land submerged that long In the Pc
tomac last year. The Fulton had
never been under longer than about
twenty-five minutes, when she made Il
two-mie run submerged few weeks
ago