New Britain herald., 1915-03-27
While Cabes Attached to Sub-
 n]Tine Are Tested.
POSSIBILITY OF SAYING MEN
Imprisoned in Submerged Vessel De- cIares Captain of Naval Yard Army Hospital Ready to Receive Crew

Honolulu, March -27-The raising of the United States submarine F-4, i lost in the deep water outside Hono- lulu harbor since early Thursday, has been held up temporarily, while the cables attached to the submerged craft are tested.
 Captain Duffy says he believes there is d possibility of saving the lives of the men imprisoned in the submar- inc.
 The dredger California, despatched from the Pearl Harbor Naval Station in response to a radiogram, reached the scene at midnight, but did not 0e- gin work immediately. The dredger will work with the Alert, mother ship of the submarine FlotilIa.
 To Use Pontoon System. The pontoon system probably will be used to raise the I4. The chains will be passed under the bow and stern of the submerged subma rine, the dredger sunk into the water and the chains frightened. The water then will be pumped out of the dredger, causing her to rise higher in the Wa ter, thus providing lifting power to raise the submarine.
 The army department hospital is in readiness to receive the men of the F'4 when the subma rine is raised The bright moonlight facilitated work of the relief craft during the night.
 When late yesterday the attempt to tow the submarine to shallow water was abandoning, the naval tender Alert was despatched to the scene and it was decided to raise the dama ged craft by means of the crane with which the tender is equipped.
 Fifty Fathoms of Water
 1t was established that F-4 lay un- der fifty fathoms of water.
 To better carry out the plans Of rescue a radiogram was sent to Pearl Harbor Naval Station in response to which the inter-island steamer CIaud- inc, towing the dredger California, left Tor the scene of operations carrying chains and other supplies needed for the final effort. The vessels arrived shortly before midnight and found the naval tug Navajo holding fast to the submerged craft.
 The Alert is anchored in 16O feet of water, five hundred feet from the resting place of the submarine and If is planned to draw the hull to the Alerts anchorage, where divers may operate.
 Sudden Rise in Ocean. . From SoundinRs and divers desorjn tions of the ocean bottom over which the vessel must be drawn the rescuers learned of a sudden rise in the ocean floor nearly fifty feet high. This ridge forms the lip of a submarine crater in which F-4 Is believed to lie at a depth of 32O feet
 Word Anxiously Awaited
 Washington, March 27.-Everv hour that passes without favorable word from Honolulu lowers the hope that any of the men in the sunken sub- marine F4 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 Els crew should survive their fear full ordeal.
 Secretary Daniels and his aides anx- iously await some word from Rear Ad- miral Moore or the commander of the submarine fotilla, upon which they might base some hope, but as the day went son and none came they sadly admitted that the first submarine boat accident in the United States navy probably had taken place among the worst in the world.