The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-30
SUBMARINE HELD
7 BY single CABLE;
OTHER TWO PART.
Heavy Seas and High Wind Take
Salvage Work Back TO
. In Very Beginning
OFFICERS IN CHARGE f1
SEEM TO LOSE HOPE
Unable To State Yesterday lust
What VIII Be Next Move
In Operations
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Neptune controls the destiny Of the
submarine Fat ~
The god Of the sea has virtually un.
done everything that man, his done TO
raise the sunken sea.wasp. Man placod
cable after cable about the lost Lraft.
Neptune caused the lines to snap al.
most as rapidly as they could be plac.
ed. aa
Man rugged powerful new devices Of
wood and iron and steel and steam ard
power and again clutched the lost
undersea ship; he sent expert divers
down to direct the work of fixing lines
80 Neptune might be defeated. sstr,)
Neptune became angry. The last di4
Yer to 60 down nearly lost his life. 1t
was perhaps warning that Neptune
wants the F-4 for his own but man did
not take heed. aE
Man persisted in his efforts. Nep-
tune retaliated. lie sent up great seas,
he made the swells roll long and high,
he called on Aeolus to send high winds
to make his swells choppy ami to make
all the rescue vessels wallow in deep
troughs. Aeolus made good.
Two More Lines Break :
Thus il was that when dusk settled
down over the scene Of the wreck Of
the F-4 last night, mans work Of a
month past was for nau ht. One single
cable held by the pOntoon scows was
attached to the sunken craft. The other
two lines had parted. "0ld Hilo"
hears the burden of marking the spot
where the F-4 lays. If this line should
part the work will be practically back
70 where it was one month ago.
There is no denying that gloom has
settled over the officers in charge Of
the salvage work. They have worked
day and night for one month to raise
the "a. When you speak to them they
are full of hope and confidence and
courage. 1t is only when Chey are
aside and in their own thoughts that
one may, read their true feelings. Nep.
tune is a mighty power for man TO
An Depends on Neptune ne e.. ,'''.''''' - q
In fact, all depends on the whims
of Neptune. He was still angry yester
day and hurled his seas higher than
ever and called on Aeolus to keep apars
with his own fury. Accordingly, the
officers could only 90 out in Launches,
take look around and call of all oper-
atoms. A.,es..... II .u = -, 9
The tug Navajo also went out, eircled
the wrecking apparatus and came back
to its berth in the navy slip. The JiE ers
dill not even leave the Maryland aud
their barge laid all day at Navy Pier
Early in the afternoon, however, pre-,
cautions were taken against the float.
ing away of the two scow pontoons and
the dredge Gaylord, inasmuch as il
was then positively known that the
surface craft were anchored to the sub
marine by only one line. While it Is
generally believed that this line will
hold, the officials would take no chances
and dropped heavy anchors to hold The
pontoons and dredge in position even
in the event that the single remaining
line should part
The two heavy cables taken from the
Manchuria were placed aboard scow
which lays noored at Navy Nier No. g.
All connected with the salvage work
hold no hope that sea conditions will
permit of resumption of operations for
three or four days at the least and &c
cOrdingly there is no rush in fixing new
lines. Nevertheless, Captain Meters
and the crew of the Navajo are dnder
orders to stand by for orders early this
morning in the event that "sweeptuy .
can again be commenced.
Future Movements Uncertain
Admiral Moore and Commander
Smith both stated late yesterday after,
noon just before leaving for their
homes that they could not say what the
next move would be; all depended On
conditions when the weather subsidized
1t remains, however, that work will all
have to be commenced over again. At
least three lines must be passed about
the submarine. Divers must go down
to see how the lines are caught. While
there was no expression of discourage,
ment yesterday afternoon by those in
charge yet the atmosphere was not as
surcharged with optimism rs hereto,
fore. The farther the task has proceed
ed the greater has become the problem
of bringing the F-4 to the surface with
its twenty one officers and men. None
would say what the next move would
be. The Maryland and tender Alert
continue to stand by the pontoons and
dredge.
Oil Tanks Collapsed
The cause of the disaster to
the submarine F.4 in the Hawaiian
waters was the collapse of the inner
shell of the oil tanks in the bow after
the hull was crushed in on a coral reer.
This is on the authority Of a builder
of submarines who spent seven years
in that branch Of the United States
navy He contends that the inner
shells Of the oil tanks are not equal
to the hull strength. For some unex-
nlained reason, the government tests,
he says, do not require this. So long
as the submarine hull shows its
strength at eighty'eieht pounds to the
square inch at depth Of 600 feet. and
The inner fuel oil tanks approximately
fifteen pounds, that is all that Ii