Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-26
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Sea And Locale F-44:?'
Plan opesed to Thomas Bradshaw and He Gets Up From
Sick Bed to Make Ready Parity Assembled Aeroplane
Make lake Day For heparationast s, II ~ erl

. VIII an aviator Of Honolulu be able
to soar ever the sea Just. beyond the
|harbdr and Sc 10 the bottom where
tha IA IS believed to be lying; ,e, nm, ]
j;iThat Is q Feasibility that arose last
night and which hGmanv energy sand
skill today. are striving to- transform
into an actuality.t ,ttsilfFv sc N-tIlial4tI
IL Frantic hopes of the wives and rela-
tiyes of the d men imprisenedfin the
HA areIplt. in the ability, Of William
Bradshaw. an amateur aviator, 10 get
tia naftlFa assembled aeroDlane into the
aiH before m ives Of those IN the
sHbparine are sdaffed out IS fathoms
beneath the surface. 81 nc liarHss
caEcientists and aviators agree that
an aviator flying q certain height over
85s fathoms, OF water off the haEb0r
can plainly SEE sohjects Of the size OF
the Fra at the bottom of the sea. On.
the ability of Bradshaw to get his ma
chine into condition and to locate rthe
submarine from his aerial yiewp0int
prObablv rests, the lives tof 81 men.sstf
81 Bradshaw, n, viii be recalled. Dur
chased asapartly-WFeeked aeFoplane
from the war department. several
months ago He repaired the machine
and was about to demonstrate bis avn
american Bubmersibie4of the latest
Ay,e. D. ttti3dffR engines t5ssilIs asss
Iatefy most underwater boats
were adrfren upon fheii surface by
means ofnexpl0siN8 engines using gas
Oline. This volatile fnel has causedsa
large number Of the accidents regis.
tered against submarine fl0tillas. 1.-The
French have tried to oEercemeil this
lif6cuity sibYe alsing ] steam engines,
steam being generated in aooileEs heat
ed lJygcfude oil. while quite admir-
able f:sar surface cumming. this aRetllod
has some serious drawbacks when the
boats are sealed for submerged work
assam offset, engineers have evolved
is heawy-oii CINE of the Diesel type.
The st8Wage OF the fuel and its use
greatly lessons the dangers due to the
Il,resenGe and employment of explo-
siye gasoline. To. this extent there
lore the modern under water craft
has become q safer vessel ;sf,,aer.,e5t
u nut there still a'emaiRs the STORAGE
.batteFE from which energy ID well
nigh 5aniyersalIy drawn for submerged
nayfgationa The storage battery gen.
crates sn61leas gas when reaching
its full charge or when approaching
the ltmitsa0f its discharge. This gas
Is highly ipflammable and becomes an
cxEfosiye when mixed with sufficient
air, and upon a number of occasions
has caused injury and disaster aboard
submarines. This is bad enough, but
the storage battery is another posi-
BILE source of peril. Should a subma-
rine sink and salt water get into the
aceumaIators, deadly. chlorine gas is
Immediately given off. This has prob:
ably rendered the crews OF underwa-
ter boats unconscious. thus disabling
the men who might otherwise have
had time to perform the needfIh oper.
aticns in order. to bring their craft to
the surface and thereby save their
lives. 4
When running submerged, the men
inside a submarine are, indeed, gam
bling with Fate, because any sudden
accident or rupture admitting a COM
PaEatiyely small quantity OF water
would suffice to send the boat quickly
bottomward. To be sure, our sub
marines are tested for hull strength by
Z sHbmergence to depth of 200 feet;
but one does not have to go far off |
some parts of our coasts to End water
several times deeper. and it is there
the biggest of these submarines would
probably have to do duty in time of
war The prospect is gruesome one
Should enc of the vessels go down in
800 or 40 feet OF water. ....
The submarine is safer than it used
to be, but not safe by any manner Of 4
means, and for that reason our Off |
GERS and jaekies volunteer for this
duty, and the enlisted man is paid a
honna fer the time he spends snl,.
iAll.aad In Tho dan ecrillls; craft