Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-28
WORK OF RAISING
F-4 Is SUSPENDED
AS CABLES TESTED
Great Depth of Water in Which the
Submarine is Sunk Makes Job
of Lifting Very Diff.
cult One.
HOPE PRACTICALLY ABANDONED
Captain Duffy Believes There is a
Bare Chance Some of the Grew
Are Still Alive.
HOSPITAL STAFF READY TO ACT

HONOLULU. T. H., March '27.---
The raising Of the United States sub
marine F-4 lost in the deep water
outside Honolulu harbor since early
Thursday, has been held up tempor-
arily while the cables attached to the
submerged craft are tested.
An electrical buzzer device is being
used 20 determine the efficiency OF the
| fastenings on the submarine.
! Il is planned to raise the F-4 nearer
the surface so that divers can be low
cred to superintend the progress OF the
work.
The great depth OF the water in which
! the submarine has been located makes
the work of raising 1t extremely diff
cult.
! There is fear that the cables attached
to the craft may slip. Tho work, how
over. is progressing slowly.
! There Is a report not wholly confirmed.
that a battery explosion aboard the F-i
on March 6 caused serious damage
! Rear Admiral Charles b. T. Moore
commandant of the naval station, said
the reported accident did not disable the
IA.
"I had heard something about a battery
explosion aboard the F-A," he said but
It was not serious. II was not considered
OF sufficient Importance TO be reported.
'"rhe chances are that II II had been
serious enough to disable the vessels. It
would have killed some OF the men.
One man was burned slightly, so far
as we know. II had no connection with
the present accident"
The dredger. California, dispatched
from Pearl Harbor naval station In
response to radiogram. reached the
scene at midnight, but did not begin
work immediatofs. The dredger will work
with the Alert mother ship of the sub
marine fIotilla, The pontoon system will
,probably be used TO raise the F-i. Chains
will be passed under the boat and stern
OF the submerged submarine, the dredger
sunk into the water and the chains
tightened. The water viii then bt
pumped out of the dredger. causing II e
rise higher In the water. thus providing
liftins power TO raise the submarine.
The army department hospital IN n
readiness to receive the men of the F.
when the submarine is raised Colone
, Ebert has placed his hospital staff ant
equipment at the service of the navy
The weather is fine. The bright moon
light facilitated the work during tn,
night.
Three Hundred Feet Deep.
Rescue vessels dragging the ocean bee
with graphing hooks chanced upon th'
stricken craft at depth OF 800 feet. Max
inE fast to the F-4. the naval tug Navajt
and the steamer Makaala began TO TOW
their find-they were not certain that &
vas the submarine they had hooked-to
ward shallow water. -
For more than an hour the tug anC
the steamer struggled with their un
wieldy burden. Soon afterwards II be-
came apparent that it would be impossi
BILE to tow the submarine near enough
TO shore to bring It TO the surface and Q
hurry call was sent to the naval station
for wrecklng ship.
Hope Practically Abandoned.
4 WASHINGTON. March 27.--Every houi
4 that passes without favorable word from
! Honolulu lowers the hope that any OF
the men in the sunken submarine F.
may be alive. While there Is always the
possibility of life naval authorities arr
agreed that 1t will be little short of mlrac
ulous If any OF the F-4's crew should
survive their fearful ordeal
Secretary Daniels and his aides anx.
iously awaited some word from Rear Ad
miral Moore. the commander of the sub
marine notilla, upon which they might
base hope, but as the day went on non'
came.
4 Frederick Gilman. gunner's mate, anC
! Frank N. Herzog. electrician, whose
names were included In the revised lis
Of the crew Of IA. formerly lived In 81
IL uis, Mo. and Salt Lake city, Utah. re
spectively. Mrs. Louisa Herzog mother
Of Herzog, lives In Salt Lake City.