The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-03
FLOATING CRANE
IN CELEBRATION
Old Hercules Tore Loose in
Honor of Homecoming
of Roosevelt.
FINALLY TURNED OVER
GREAT DAMAGE TO BATTLE
SHIP NARROWLY AVERTED.
FINALLY TURNED OVER
BY SIDNEY EsPEY.


OF the New York navy yard. To cele-
brato the homecoming Of Colonel /
Roosevelt. the Hercules broke loose i
firm her mo0rinRs. and while the cheer 1
ing crowds were making New York i
howl with the stronuousness OF their /
welcome to the ex-presidcnt. the float /
fng crane ran amuCk and nearly made /
history by barely missing it's efforts |
70 wreck the big battleship Florida, !
nov being constructed.
The Hercules also damaged the dry 1
dock alongside OF which she lay. a /
concrete structure which Is the largest /
or tho Atlantic coast. and in which the |
Nebraska was locked when undergo |
The New York navy yard force evil
IDENTIFY has not yet learned how 10 han
Ole tho Hercules IN heavy wind. even
aftcr IT'S thrilling experience with the /
old Jonah in DCCcm Der. 1904. At that ]
time inc CONNECTICUT was being built
and the Hercules was lying alongside /
OF her. delivering steel. At the lunch |
con hour heavy wind blew from the |
Hercules was lying. The workmen had
all left. The wind tore her loose from
her mOorings and, aided by strong
flood tide. sent her rapidly up the |
channel
Baxter Acted Promptly.
Across from the Connecticut. an
chored az the Cob dock, were the Ken
other big ships Of the Atlantic fleet.
IL just happened that Naval Construc-
tor william J. Baxter. who is now
building the Florida. and who was then
building the Connecticut, was on the
floor Of one OF the dry docks instead
look up and caught sight OF the giant
steel arms OF the Hercules moving
swiftly up the cnannel. re i3oNed ~
his watch and noted that at that hour
the Hercules ought 20 have pccn some
where else. He jumped 20 the conclu-
sion that there was something serious
Isl wrong. and dashed up tine slippery
steps Of the dry dock to find the Her
culcs making a direct line Tor the ol1
HH. "a a.
a few men who happened TO be within
call. they made a moose OF a rope. ana
with a skllful throw caught a staunch-
Son OF the Hercules. The moose held,
and making the other end last 70
pollard. the mad career OF the her
Culcs was checked but as she SWunB
around she gave the Texas a glancing
blow which stove hole In her side,
requiring her 90 be taken into dry dock
Immediately. Otherwise she might have
gone down.
Caused. Much Excitement.
BY this time the yard was m state
OF great excitement Whistles were
being blown from all the shops to
sound the alarm FOR the workmen TO
man their posts. as 10 was seen that a
shift OF the wind would take the Her
culcs across the channel and she might
rake the Kentucky and her sister ships
there. and either sink or seriously
me Hercules IS now such a wreck
that Congress has appropriated $ll5,-
600 TO repair her. In the meantime, IN
order not 90 delay work on the Florida.
n seventy-ton floating crane has been
t0wed from the Boston ravy yard and
has taken up the work the Hercules
The report sp Of the accident to the
Hercules caused great CONSERVATION
in naval circles. for the telegram from
ADMIRAL Lcutzc. commanding the New
York navy yard made it 9ppe.8,T as ~ y,
turned over.
4 Jonah Dry Dock.
The dry dock Dewey at Manila is
proving 20 be another Jonah. she TOO.
has a mystery attached TO her, and
Congress has had TO make an appro-
priation OF $4,000 to raise and repair
winthrop said today that just what
recently bcfcii the Dewey cannot now
Dc explained. and probably VIII not be
known until laborcd spondence
has been had with the naval authorittes
at Manila and fuli report received
from the board OF inquiry.
The Dewey, after being toWed across
the Atlantic. Mediterranean. through
the Suez canal. the Indian ocean. the
China sea and into the faciuc TO the
Philippines. a bit OF scamanship that
attracted worldwide attention and APP
plause. has had a run Of hard times
Her sini-inr n month or two ago
prompted. the spreading OF alarming
reports that the accident was the re-
suit OF ma1iciousness on the part OF
japanese employed 20 work on the
craft When she went down Il was
first denied IN naval circles that there
bad been an accident; X was , sqid
raised. az her stoplocks had been left
OPEN
Although not officially reported. II
fs known that the Dewey has a hole
in her side. How this hole came there
no one seems 90 know. The naval Of
ficials have cahlcd from Manila ask
in- that the first amount OF Sf5.0O(
necessary to raise and repair the
Dewey be increased TO $4,000. as 9
patch. would have TO be made OF the
hole In her side.
Assistant Secretary Winthrop hai
had the records OF the Dewey EOnl
over. but there is no reference 20 hei
having ever had a hole stove In her
1uc Alauila officials claim the peseni