The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14

ser BY Il string leading to the operator.
hidden on the bnnk. General Rains chief
OF the army torpedo bureau. adopted the
Beer keE; filled With powder. and fitted
With 40 percussion primer at each atid |, as
the beSt form, and set hundreds Of them
afioat, to be carried by current and tide
against the cneny's vessels below. Cap.
tain francis y. Lee, OF General Bcaure-
Cards stan, recommended Tho stay tor.
ipedo. |. 81, d torpedo set upon the end
OF a twenty foot spar, rugged Upon the
Upon tho sides Of the vessel attackd; and
.Dr. st. J,ilin.hcr hdagnsuaut 'shrdlutaon
with Captain Manry. designed and con.
structed at his own expense a semi.
submarine torpedo called a avid
rugged with spar torpedo with which
at Charleston. Lieutenant Glassel struck
ana permanently disabled the new irOi,-
side, the most powerful vessel then afloat
Shortly after. and With a submarine tor.
pedo boat, the first ever used, designer
and constructed with his private means
by Mr.. Horace L. Hundley. OF New Or
leans but then living In Mobile. who was
drowned IN her. Lieutenant Dixon, OF Mo-
bilo Of the army with indispensable
courage; attacked the Federal steamer o. n,
Ho,isatonic, aid sunk her almost IN.
stanteously; but Dixon and daring crew,
and his pioneer submarine torpedo boat
gil went to the bottom with their victim.
whore divers found them after the war
lying side by side.
B And John Maxwell, OF Richmond, with
mnchless Sintrepidity, with his own la nds
handed n clock torpedo aboard vessel
at City Point, which blew her 70 pieces
In fcw moments, killing many and
spreading CONSERVATION all around.
E9. WENT ABROAD. II s8
BY the fall OF 1862 the Importance OF
Captain Maury's work and Its capabilities
had become so highly appreciated that
II was deemed best that he should gostof
England, that he might have every opport.-3
tunity for the development and improve
ment afforded by the works holN,f and lab
oratorics and facilities for experiment
and construction. Accordingly he was Of
dered abroad In this service. where no
remained, pursuing his researches, per.
fectlng his valuable Invention, with sreat
success constantly reporting progress 80
the Navy Department at home for the In
struction OF the torpedo workers there.
until 1ust before tho close of the wal ii
which found him at sea, en- route FOR
home, with q most powerful, perfect ana
complete equipment OF electrical torpe-
do material perhaps never since equalleo.
Il His valuable assistant In the James
River defense was Lieutenant Hunter Da
wilson, who succeeded him In that charge.
which he managed with unequalled skill
until the end, with electrical torpedoes
which he says he himself put down. Cap-i
tain Maurys having been washed out by
a severe freshet after he had gone His
operation crippled and DESTROYED two +, Fed
eral vesses--the only ones. be says DE-
stroyed by electrical torpedoes during the
war. with a torpedo boat OF his own con-
struction and design, constructed here In
Richmond. rugged with q spar torpedo &C
he most$.courageously ventured hun-5
drcd miles and moro down the river, into
the enemy's lines. and raE1med the frig-
ate minnesota, lying off Newport News
He exploded the torpedo. but the charge
was too small, and but little damage was
done or suffered. 43
a a a, Is GALLANT ATTACKS
e Besides these, numberless gallant at
Ia cks were made with torpedoes every
where, despite the danger and death
which. often accompanied their use, and
many OF the older officers, who at first
regarded them with disfavor, as aptain
Parker said he did. were now torpedo
mad. Commodore Tucker and II NJ: said.