The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-16


II (From Thursdays Advertiser)
IYTtwo expert navy divers yesterda,
ds6hitely IOeated the lost subma
ffns IA on the ocean bottom. In
eidkntaily both Of them smashed all
world fcdofds for diving, descending to
Approximately 800 feet. X S,r
They stood ON the top Of the Bunken
bet-uasp: they crawIed along most Of
its length; they dropped to the bottom,
81 the oeeanlon which the craft lies to
make observations. So. ,4{tg ( * ..
They found the ,snperstrueture OF the
craft crushed. They found some dam
age;t hull platesg hnt ip the dim green
sea light could net definitely say that
the damage had been such as 10. cause
the sinking of the underwater craft,
They were both certain that the spnken
shin Il Allied with Yates. ftt ~.
They. found The TIVE lines held BY The
ship One line held the SEA wasp just .
little foTMardf6f The propeller The
Other line held the ship near tbe PROV.
From Observations " was detorlnined
that the lines must BE- switched 70; ait,
ferent holds before lifting operations
could be commenced, the danger Of, the
present holds being o. ttnfinR away the
ends Of the Submarine becailse both
holds are on, weak, partas ~ ssii Ia
WIN Attach Mors Lines sss tssl
+ III was determined also as 4 result Of
the observations Of the'diyers that more
lines must be slang about the subma.
Fine This viii be accomplished this
morning by the tpgs Intrepid. Makaala
and Helen. ass Il 4. 4 H.
n when the additional lines are af.
fixed the divers win again descend and
direct and assist IN their fastening. As
Asresultof Information furnished By the
divers who went down yesterday the
tug Navajo win today maneuvcr the
iredge Gaylord In such manner that the
two lines now attached to the snnken
bubmarine will be slipped up onithe
body Of the seawasp 80 ias 70 secure
hold at more substantial parts Of the
lost ship, Commander 6. r. Smith who
Is In general charge Of the salvage oper,
atoms, stated last night that he had no
doubt that when all the lines were at.
tached that the submarine would be
easily raised. The same opinion was
heldAby Naval Constructor J. Al Fnrer,
Crilly and Nelson Dive
Divers Chilly and Nelson were the
ones to descend 70 the submarine wreck
yesterday. Crilly went down in the
forenoon. In. Ave minutes he reached
depth of 2s8 feet, the greatest depth
20 which a human being has ever de-
aceHded in4water, and came qp alive.
He remained on the bottom twelve
minutes He stood on the Submarine
and then dropped down alongside. When
be came up he reported the vessel lying
on her starboard side with nose pointed
toward the, harbor. He noted that the
superstructure was crushed and some al
the plates seemed damaged
1fIIe worked entirely on the s'un
derg, side and did not ascertain II any
damage had been d0hssto the top Of the
lshiP aside from the crushing Of the sup
!erstructure. .tst y,
In the afternoon NELSON was lowered
to make additional observations Of the
eonditions as reported by Crilly. Mel
| SON also went down In five minutes
Soundings about him ranged from 2Ss
lsbO oOO ACCt- llC NoAAAlhou Oh tuc uottoh
about half an hour He erawled along
4 the top Of the sunken Submarine from
one cable TO the other, and took ohser
yations as to their fastenings,
II was on his report that determina
tion was made to nlaneuver the Gaylorc
this morning to make the holds mor'
Substantial. Nielson also reported III.
destruction of the Submarines super
structure and that to all appearaneei
slight damage had been done to th'
hulL Neither Of the men would onel
any idea as TO whether the ship was in
4 jured on her 'sunder2 side as the,
could not see.
Divers Work Easily
Chilly and, NELSON both emerged from
their Lbreaking dives smiling ans
shipper II was not necessary u plac'
either OF them in the decomposition
chamber. The only complaint made b,
Crilly when he was brought to the sur
face was that he was cold. A cul
LOT hot coffee brought warmth quickly.
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