Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-01
SUBMARINE CREW
TRAPPED in SHIP
ON BED OF OCEAN
Lost Diving Craft Located In
300 Feet of Water at En-
trance of Harbor-Mark-
err Buoy Found.
BUT LITTLE HOPE FOR MEN
Dredging Boats Expect to Haul
IA to the Surface This Aft
ernoon-Efforts to Tow
Her Out Fail.
BUT LITTLE HOPE FOR MEN

Honolulu. r. H. March 29.-The -ais-
Ing of the United States submarine,
F-4, lost in the deep water outside
Honolulu harbor since early Thursday
has been held up temporarily while the
cables attached to the submarine are
tested.
An electrical buzzer device is being
nsed to determine the efficiency of the
~faSteningS on the submarine.
1t Is planned to raise the F-4 nearer
the surface so that divers can be
lowered to superintend the progress of
the work.
The great depth of the water in
which the submarine has been located
makes the work of raising it extremely
difficult.
There is fear that the cables at
tached to the craft may slip. The work.
however, is progressing slowly.
There is a report not wholly con
irmed, that a battery explosion aboard
he F-4 on March 6 caused serious lam
age.
Rear Admiral Charles B. II. Moore,
:ommandant of the naval station said
the reported accident did not disable
The F-4.
Il had heard something about a bat
terry explosion aboard the Eft" he said,
but it was not serious. 1t was not CON
slQel GU OIL SulliCltIIt importance 10 De
reported.
The anc are that if it had been
serious enough to disable the vessel it
would have killed some of the men.
one man was burned Slightly. so far
rs we know. 1t had no connection with
he present accident
Honolulu, March 27.-The lost sub
marine F-4. which has been located
outside the harbor entrance, should be
raised late this afternoon if all goes
we'll, according to a statement made
by captain of the yard, Duffy last night.
Duffy say he believes there is a fight
Ing q n to save the lives of the men
Imprisoned in the submarine on the
ocean floor in 300 feet of water
The dredger California despatched
from the Pearl Harbor naval station in
response to a radiogram reached the
scene at midnight. but did not begin
work Immediately. The dredger will
the submarine flotilla. The pontoon
system will probably be used to raise
the F-4. Chains will be PASSED under
the bow and stern of the submerged
submarine. the dredger unk into the
water and the chains frightened and
the water will then be pumped out OF
the dredger causing her to rise higher
in the water thus producing the lifting
power to raise the submarine.
The army department hospital is in
readiness to care for the men if the
F-4 submarine is raised. Colonel Eb-
ert has placed his hospital staff and
equipment at the service of the navy.
The weather is fine. The bright moon
light facilitated the work during the
night.
Grapplers Find Her.
Rescue vessels dragging the ocean
bed with graphing hooks CHANGED up.
on the stricken craft at a depth of 30s
feet. Making fast to the F-4. the naval
tug Navajo and the steamer Makaala
began to tow their find toward shallow
water.
Quantities of oil came to the surface,
proof that it really was the lost vessel
Soon afterwards a submarine marker
buoy, deserted far below the water, re-
moved all doubts that the IA had
been found.
Just when the marker buoy had been
released by the isabl boa there was
no means Of determining. If the sig
nal was given after the graphing hooks
of the rescue vessels took hold. Their
the crew-or at least some of them
We're still alive.
For more than an hour the tug anG
the steamer struggled with their I'M.
wieldy burden. soon afterwards +,
became apparent that it would be i'm,
possible to tow the submarine nca,
enough to shore to bring her to tn.
surface and a hurry call was sent to
the naval station for a wrecking ship
Naval authorities admitted they had
given up hope of the FITS crew living
WASHINGTON HAS LITTLE
HOPE FOR ENTOMBED MEN
Washington. March 27.-Every hout
that passes without favorable word
from Honolulu, lowers the hope that
any of the men in the sunken sub
marine, F-4, may be alive. While there
is always the possibility Of life, naval!
authorities are agreed that it will be
little short of miraculous If any of the
F-4s crew snould survive their fearful
ordeal.
Secretary Daniels n his aides
anxlouslY awaited some word from
Rear Admiral Moore. the commander
of the submarine, Flotilla, upon which
they might base hope, but as the day
went o came.
Frederick Gilman. gunner's mate.
and Frank N. Herzog. electrician, whose
names were included in the revised list
OF the crew of the F-4, formerly lived in
ST. Louis, Mo-, and Salt Lake City,
Utah, respectively. Mrs. Louisa Herzog.
mother of Herzog. lives in Salt Lake
City.