The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-30

below bitten deep BY Agraz signaled for
more line and nched way peval t
light He crawed down and down. while the spendous pressure
of the undersea closed about him and still he descended
He line There hesitation, but finally the
above gave him all they had and he farther into the
bosom Of the than exposed to the titanic weight had
gone This statement verified By all
nected with the work, from officers down .> -5
l. Peeng about in the Agraz could the
submarine and he cratvled way up the line. ..,.
He reached the surface after being in the almost an hour
he of this in ascending and
descending ~..s
"Not herl Anchorw Agraz gasped. III,
thrust army help him Agaz spurned aside
He wished assistance. q.
FEE HOPE sPLUTTERs Low AND FADES
heavy silence settled the heels Of his
nations sounded like prayers in the stiffness Agaz cambeed
into the boat with salt dripping from, his
tired minds of the who had without sleep through
long nights They YEARLY back their tasksand hope
a candle sputerng low in its wax before it dies
And the California drew away and the putting donkey engine
wresled with the anchor and chain drawn barge The
The weight than three estimated it
could have been the anchor of the Oregon which would have
been much heavier Moreover the Hukes rigid while Hwas
reported that the Oregon has patent" anchor. ~
may have been the anchor of the Hongkong Maru lost
the arway several and for which various efot
cover been made yfagr 49,. g., 1 -
The California dragged back where the red bsb
tossing in the easy swell anchor cable strain
Men sprang back from its creang eaed dedge sway
GREAT SWIRL OF BUBBLES ARISES j. ~ u
buoys stafboard bpvfS Little
dancing about them In gazing into the with
box. Near him in lie Bow of
Suddenly the in shly eutenat
his Heads erked attention and bodies stened
Milky the swirl of bubbles and danced
in the They must have come from the submarine t
Slowly they died Each watched their passing The
Company assisting in the work of the dredge his cable
made loop about the submarine and had hed about when
1.-The strain of the moving dredge became too great
An hour before this the gaunt black lines of the
had movednto the hao be anchored until should be needed
for drawing the stricken submarine from its bed almost
possible Navajo
watched its slow progress for five hours from the time
black patch against the green of the hills nh *z4st6s
CRANE COULD HANDLE INTACT SUBMARINE
This has capacity for $50 dead weight Admiral
Moore said he had it lift that designed lift
will lack only little of buoyancy and the could handle her
easily lifting only the in her submergng tanks If
completely her weight will be $50 400 and that
M require the best efforts of both and dredge Recurrence
If air bubbles shows that she has lost all her air.
There 1888 cubic feet of air the tanks Of "a
pressed to 200 pounds about $50 amoshers This would be
for days. but undoubtedly exhausted by
the they lived after the last dive trying free their
tanks of and buoyancy
knows it would be difficult to hazard guess t'-
There plenty of but food There were tanks
II 35 gallons each which would supply water for long time
There probably little coffee &.&t t.s =. .
Lieutenant Commander A. Furer
Habor tested the four submarines for stability February He
received orders do this but wished satisfy hisef that
all right His findings showed they The method
place known weights different points trough6at
and then observe the result pendulum BY
intricate calculations the exact condition Of the ships could be
| ound arg. wj..~a.H 49,.
REscUERs TOLL YEARLY AND sLEEPnY =
Sepless nights and days filled with wearing toll and suspense
down the strength of the officers and in charge
Lieut.. Charles E. Smith, commander of hotia,
edge yesterday with three days beard his face and wearing
blue umperquite unlike nay navy officer Although HE gave
his bearing his redmed eyes and lined
warness He had rested only three hours since Friday
bout three o'clock he left the California get sleep NJ
Pnmc also had been at work night and day since Friday and
tired y
The Helen owned by Young Bros appeared in the middle
of the afternoon with the which had been made
the Alert and put shape
The morCue win remain continuously until the submarine