The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-26

and sixteen men were lost. In May.
1910. the English channel steamboat
struck the French submarine Pluviose
two miles off the French coast. Twen-
tN-seNen lives We're lost in this acct
dent. Two weeks later the boat was
found and towed ashore. The body of
the hclmsman was found at his post in
the steering tower The trap door
leading from the tower to the COM
partment below was closed. The log
book OF the commander was recoy-
cred and it contained a complete rec.
ord of the submarines last plunge.
The final entry was made at 1856
O'Clock on the afternoon of the day
the PluViose was struck.
Germany had her first submarine
accident a little over A year ago when
n Co sank in the harbor of Kiel.
lhree officers We're lost and twenty
seven of the crew were saved.
Most of these fatalities to subr,a-
rines might have been prevented had
there been at hand or within rea-
sonable distance. the proper appliances
Tor quickly locating the sunken yes
sci ana raising her to the surface.
Germany had a suitable salvage plant
available and it proved its efficiency
by raising the C3 within three hours
Hltef reaching the scene of the t:isas-
yer. !his plant consists Of a seago-
iIs savage dock capable of navigat-
lis uhdef It's oWn steam and was built
expressly for the raising and docking
OF sunken submarines.
Inns Nessel. the Vulcan, is a double
nun vessel. 230 feet in length. with
Il ,iGtlns capacity of 500 tons. The
Mldth W. the two hulls is suffi-
elent 70 admit with good clearance the
arrest submarines. At a suitable
ieigh a shelf is formed along the
t,;s vi me interior opening and upon
d dnas fes1S Z, the removable floor of the
aock. The two hulls of the shin are
each built with watertight comnarte
menus OF large capacity, similar ia
.,.9se round in the side walls of the
ordinary dock. When a sunken sinh
marine is to be raised the Vulcan
steams to the wreck and is moored
securely IN a position above it.
spanning the we'll between the two
iui,s are TWO massive gantry cranes
rach provided with heavy lifting tar
aIe, driven by electric motors, The
MS. operation is to fill the .compart-
,heh.s until the vessel has sunk to
5ne required depth. The floor of the
COCK is then moved clear of the VOL
Inc lifting tackles are now Iowered
ana made fast. either to chains which
.,aNe necn slung around the BODY of
,iIe submarine or to two massive eye-
LUIS Mhlcn are permanently riyeted
mo inc submarines hull. At the Or
uGi 10 moist away the submarine
Is iltted free from the mud and drawn
up Mlthln the we'll until it's bottom is
clear of the shelves, the water &c
pEuilpeo out OF the two hulls and the
Nuie1h rises lifting the submarine and
'he dock floor clear of the water.
AS soon as the accident to the Iy3
occurred the crew released a snheri-
can buoy containing the telephone an
paratus. which rose to the surface. IN.
co1iinS its wires, the lower ends Of
wlllch We're attached to the hull and
led 10 a telephone within the ves-
SCI KY THIS means the captain of the
20 was able to communicate with the
surface and he reported that the YES
sci mad forty-eight hours supply Of
oxygen and that the crew was in no
immediate danger. orders We're :t
once dispatched for the Vulcan to
proceed to the scene of the disaster
aenuins the arrival of the Vulcan
- ioatlnS crane succeeded in lifting
me DOW or the submarine sufficiently
LOT twenty-seren of the crew to es-
.aPe irous h torpedo discharge
.une. the captain and two lieutenants
electlnS 10 remain in the coming tow
er unul the arrival of the Vulcan. The
oreaklhe OF the ventilator, however.
n the subsequent flooding of the yes.
sci proved fatal to the three officers.
oh tne arrival Of h Vulcan she was