Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-15
Wire Cables Holding Subma-
rine Shifted Today; Further
Diving This Afternoon
OPERATIONS ALREADY
ADD TO SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD
Deep-sea Descents Proving of
Remarkable VaIue-"Pure
Air" Theory Held BY G.. o.
StiIIson INDICATED BY Expe-
rienceS of CriIly and Nelson

On the information of the two deep
sea explorers, who yesterday walked
on the oceon floor at a greater depth
than man has ever before gone, the
wire cables which connect the sunken
submarine "a with the, dredge Gay
lord, were shifted round this morning
- 1t was learned by Divers Frank
Crilly and F. c. Nelson after their
300-foot drop to the bottom of the
sea, that one Of the lines was slightly
fouled and that the other was too far
aft to bear the strain of a direct lift
Before further salvage operations were
undertaken, il became necessary to
change the location Of these lines and
this morning this work was being done
by the tugs Navajo, Intrepid and Mi.
kaala.
This afternoon the results will be
inspected by additional diving. Prob
ably Drellishak and Loughman, who
have not yet taken their turn below
water, will go down, but the selection
will depend on how the men feel when
the time for the descent comes. 1t
is imperative that divers working at
such great depth as the present salv.
age job makes necessary be in
perfect physical condition and even
a slight indisposition is good cause
for a man to stay above.
The work this morning above the
F-4 was OF considerable interest and
brought out the lessons learned in the
past month In the dragging operations
and the handling of heavy towing gear.
The tug captains, director of opera.
tions and in fact everyone connected
with the Job has little to learn in this
work after the days and nights which
followed the first finding Of the lost
submarine. n the lines are fast to
the satisfaction OF those in charge, the
600.ton scows which have been made
ready for use as lifting pontoons, will
be towed out and the cables made fast
to the hoisting gear. The scows will
not leave the dock, however, until they
are actually required on the work as
they are cumbersome to handle and
would only be in the way around the
scene of the wreck.
Science 6enefitfns.
Outside Of the actual physical re-
suits which the navy diving experts,
uAuCI IAIC ohCStlOh VI SAlCl
G. ID. Stillson, are achieving, data and
information in regard to deep-sea div.
ing, OF enormous scientific importance,
are being obtained. The apparatus
which Stillson has perfected for work.
ing at excessive depths is getting its
seyerest try-out to date and with ev.
cry descent theories and deductions
are being proved correct In the opin.
ion Of Stillson, Or. French, the medi.
cal expert OF the diving party, and the
divers themselves, the limit depth to
which man can 60 is still far away.
The reason that Drellishak, when he
made his former record dive of 275
feet, didn't go any deeper was that,
as he himself expressed it, he didn't
have a pick and shovel to dig down
through the bottom" The same ap-
plies to Crilly and Nelson who yes
terday rambled round at a depth of 800
feet or thereabouts. They were not
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