The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-09

ACTIVE WORK or SALvlnG
LOST CRAFT IS RESUMED
Maryland Sails From Coast With
Divers and Crews Work
Hard TO Succeed

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ny (From Wednesdays Adeertiser)
! For the first time since March 80, a
Gallo Is about the IA The tugs
Navajo and Intrepid placed IL there
yesterday afternoon. Dragging viii
continue today and until four steel
lines are Gbodt her hull, two forward
and two aft With them in place,
work will wait on the mud scows, but
they are nearing completion.
Yesterday, too, the u. 5. $. Mary
land sailed from San Francisco with
five divers from the Brooklyn navy
yard to aid In the salvage. Thus the
race starts at scratch; the prize Is the
"a The great hope Of the Honolulu,
crews Is to bring the submarine to the
surface before the Maryland arrives
Maryland Arrives Tuesday q
The Maryland is expected to arrive
here about next Tuesday. The work
with the scows may begin as early as
tomorrow, probably Midday, at the lat.
est, and there are good prospects, for
the Honolulu forces to win the race.
There was no use Of the diving bell
Yesterday. 9s.
Transferring the gear from the dredge
California 10 the Gaylord occupied the
workers. The Gaylord was towed from
Watert6wn Yesterday morning by the
Navajo, In the afternoon, the Maka.
ala brought the California into the
harbor. She had been standing over
the grave Of the submarine almost two
weeks She win be returned to Water;
town today.
First Descent Today
Agraz and Evans are expected to
make the first descent into the sea in
the diving bell today. The line about
the submarine was taken by the Gay,
lord and the dfedge win be swung
pnttl it is directly above the IA. The
he'll with its two men will be lowered
from the dredge, and d report obtained
on how the ia lies and what is her
condition. This descent may give the
first Information as TO what caused
the disaster. ~ ~
The seows viii be brought from Pearl
Harbor some time today and the iron
work win be put In place, This Is exs
rerted to require thirty-six hours. BY
that time, all four lines should be
about the submarine and the pontooD
work may. begin Immediately.
Shifts work Day and Night
All iron work for the scows win be
completed this. morning at the Homo
lulu Iron Works. This statenlent was
made last night by +. Ruething, fore
man. who has been working as hard
on this as he did ON the diving bell
The iron works has finished the four
big steel shafts, which win hold the
lines about the submarine; the blocks
for the shafts and one drum The last
work to be done was fitting the ten
iron rI,' beams for placing on the
scows, five to each Sow, Shifts have
been working day and night since Fri
day. Three Of the drums are being
made at Pearl Harbor. AL the work
was designed by Lieutenant Command
or y. A, Furer aud is being done under
his superintendence Mr. Furer is
naval constructor at Pearl Harbor.
Noises from the floor Of the sea con,
/. tinue TO be heard. Some Of the more
/ optimistic hope they are from the sub.
marine, but ninety.nine of 100 explain
them in other ways. The sounds are
two: A hammering, and a scfaping or
dragging noise. The hammering might
have come from the German. HoIsatia,
anchored nearby. Any tapping In the
hold against the hulk easily might be
picked up by the microphone; and the
dragging sound might he explained BY
the presence Of some other object than
tie sufmarine, possibly lying near her.
The sounds have been heard by many
Of the officers and men through the
mierophone.
Virtually no one takes them as in.
dicating life remaining in the Fla.
Test Of Light Tubes
Additional tests Of the tubes con.
tanning the Zig incnndeseent lights
were made yesterday. They are more
satisfactory than the day. before.thick
err rnl Der gaskets being used. The lights
will be a big aid in seeing the sub
msrtne from the bell,
The four cables were marked with
red and white paint yesterday az each
fye-fathon lengths. Distinctive marks
were placed in the center. This will
/ tell the men on the dredges how theil
lines are IL relation to the submarine.
Both Agraz and Evans are expeetet
to descend in the diving bel ON its firsi
luse. Should anything happen, the bel
would be drawn TO the surface at once
and the men could take turns at tn.
helmet with its supply Of fresh air.
4 There has been no regular DIVING
practice by any of the three remainiBl
submarines since the IA went dow
and there win be none until she il
recovered. The reason is that the crew
are needed for the salvage work ami
cannot be spared.
4. Newspapers from the Coast tell 81 /
letter from George l.. Deeth, first
! elrss electrician. who was lost with th'
4. ~. II was written to Herman Pias
Of Portland Oregon. Excerpts follow
HThe FL has been the unlnckies
4 Loaf II the flotilla Stree we arrive;
here tHonolulu) II has been one bIam
Ell tkinp after esrther., n,
EXPLOSION Described Y.
The letter describes the explosion