Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-14


was drawn up a matter Of so feet or
so, and swung round by the current so
that he made his second landing near
er the bow.
LIES ON SIDE.
The "a lies on her starboard side,
with her bow heading northeast. There
10 no coral on the ocean bed there,
Just clean white sand. Like a nice
smooth beach," is the way CriIIy put
group Of waiting officers. Just what
is the condition Of the hull, criIIy
didn't state. His observation 10 the
first Of several that will be made be-
fore the work Of raising the "a will
be actually undertaken and ne was not
allowed TO remain long enough on the
bottom to make a complete exan1ina.
ton. The diver was very cold when
he reached the surface and the first
thought, before hearing his report, was
for his personal welfare and safety.
Warm clothes and hot coffee were at
once provided, but while his fingers
were still so cold that he could hardly
hold q pencil, CrilIy insisted on making
q 1NCICH " VVC "dJ IIlC ~ HGSB duo
the position Of the lines around her.
The greatest care was taken in
bringing Crilly to the surface after
his record-breaking dive. With the
new apparatus and gear perfected by
Chief Gunner G. d. Stilson, who was
in full control of the diving opera.
tons, Crilly was able to withstand the
enormous pressure Of the water at 300
feet with no inconvenience. Com
pressed air, supplied from torpedo air
TASKS aboard the barge, was careful
ly FED to the diver who while at the
maximum depth was breathing highly
compressed air. The danger of sud.
denly reducing this pressure is very
great, resulting in attacks Of the dread
ed caisson disease To guard against
this Crilly's journey to the surface
was very slow. Having let go of the
thawser on which he descended, it was
necessary to raise the diver by his
life line for the first part of the dis
lance. This was done by easy stages
although ii is the last part of the trip
up, that is the most to be feared. A
Jacobs ladder" 80 feet in length,
with rungs 10 feet apart, was pro-
vided for the final stage of the journey
and progress up this was painfully
SLOW, Is minutes being spent on each
of the last three rounds.
Telephone Communication r
For the entire time that Chilly was
under water, that is from 10 O'Clock
until noon, he was in telephone COM
munication with, those on the float.
This divers telephone is In itself. al
very ingenious device, worked ent by
Stilson, which overcomes the old trou-
BILE OF noise in the divers phone owing
to the air In his helmet More than
81 different kinds Of telephones, made
at home and abroad, were, tried be-
fore the right combination was found.
Now, by using two separate circuits
one for the divers receiver and one
for his transmitter, the buzzing is,
done away with. The unfortunate ten:
der above water, however, gets the
noise as loud as ever, and his Job Is
anything but cinch. Z. 1
Chilly was not allowed to do much
talking when at extreme depth. In
fact, his news that the F-4 was located
was merely a few words saying that
he was standing on the submarine.
Several times a minute, however, he
was expected to report his own con.
dition and Just before he came TO the
Eurface DR.. French, the navy surgeon
VINO is regular member of the div.
ing party, was especially insistent In
asking for symptoms. It was Crilly'sl
repeated assurances that he felt all
right, with no headache and no sign
Of bends itch, that made it certain
the decomposition chamber or air
lock would not have to be used.
AWorIds Record. i
'This.is the greatest depth to which
anyone has ever gone" said Stilson,
while Criliy was on his lengthy up|
ward climb. I'VE have the absolute
records from all over the world as to-
dives and submersions, and there is
no doubt that Chilly Is the record
holder. This applies not only to a.
man diving, but to bells, submarines
and all mechanical contrivances. At
one time / had out seven lengths of
air line, $50 feet, and there is no
doubt in my mind that Chilly did
300 feet or better. 1t is very graft
fying to all of US to know that after
coming all the way across the cont.
nent and the Pacific to do something,
we have succeeded on the very first
try. mean that our mission was first
OF all to actually get down to the F-4
and this we have done on the first
days dive"
Everyone was well pleased with the
results of the mornings work. Every.
one connected with the salvage job
was on hand, the dredge Gaylord and
the barge and raft from which the
diving operations are being conducted
being we'll filed with spectators. Ad-
'miral Moore was on hand, as was also
Captain Nttelle Of rue Maryland,
Lieut.. C. E. Smith, submarine com.
mander in charge of the salvage work,
Naval Constructor ]. A. Fnrer, who
has built the lifting pontoons and &C.
;complished great deal of the tech.
meal work; Chief Gunner aStillson, in
charge of diving operations; ]. E.
iSheady of the Inter-Island Steamship
Co, ]. A. Buss, crane foreman, and
"a dozen or more officers from the