The Washington times., 1915-03-28
F-4 RAISED AGAIN,
NO HOPE FOR CREW
Rescuers Expect to See Peri
scope Rise Above Surface at
Any Moment.
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the F-4's three compartments had
burst
1t is believed that the bodies of most
ward compartment, tho smallest and
strongest OF the three.
Relatives of the crew residing here
refuse to abandon hope and plead with
naval officers to hasten the raising of
the craft,
Many of the officers arc OF the opinion
that the F-4 craft ls now at least half
full of water, and every delay I'm rails
ing 1t will but add to the difficulty of
the work.
The report that a battery explosion
on board the F-4 on March 9 was one
OF the causes Of the present disaster re-
ceives no credence from the officers
now engaged in trying to bring the YES
Rear Admiral Charles B. r. Moore
made It clear that the battery explo-
sion referred to was of slight import
ance, and that It could not In any way
have affected the vessels efficiency.
Of Minor Importance.
"As a matter of fact" said Rear Ad-
miral Moore. 1.-THE reported explosion on
board the F-4 was of such minor impor-
tance that 1t was not even officially re-
ported. If 1t had been serious enough to
disable the vessel 1t Is more than likely
that 1t would have killed some one of
the crew.
"One man was burned slightly, / am
informed, and 1t Is certain that the ac-
Cident which occasioned his injury could
In no way have halted the efficiency
Of the F'-4. 1t has no connection what
ever with the present accident. of that
am convinced"
UP to the time that the chains slipped
from the sunken submarine the work of
raising her had progressed in a most
oil Nxyhi oh 1Nt,t nd
to the disappointment OF the officers IN
charge at the last minute failure of
their efforts.
Quickly Got To Work.
The dredger California. which was dis
patched from the Pearl Harbor naval
station in response to a radiogram,
reached the scene at midnight, and, as
the moon was shining brightly and the
weather was remarkably clea:, quickly
got into readiness for the work at hand.
and was well advanced in il by the
break of day.
The dredger worked with the Alert,
the mother ship OF the flotilla, and every
detail of the scheme evolved for raising
the submarine worked out with mathc-
matical precision, and made those in
charge confident that the submarine
would be brought to the surface in the
early afternoon or by evening at the
1NOt IL IlOtlOn was lOSl III lne
work. for everyone engaged realized
that the lives of the men below might
depend upon their efforts.
Dredger Lifts Submarien.
Chains have been placed under the
bow and stern of the IA and the
dredger sunk further into the water
so that the chains might be frightened
upon the luckless craft. Finally. late
in the afternoon, all of the water
was pumpel' out OF the dredger so
that she rose high in the water and
had capacity lifting power 10 draw
the F-4 TO the surface.
The Army Department Hospital had
been put in readiness to receive any
survivors and a complete arrangement
of craft for their transportation TO
the shore was added to a system OF
vehicle transportation on land, so
that not moment would be lost. Then
came the slipping of the cable and the
tumbling OF the days work inside OF
fifteen minutes.
II was found that the marker buoy
found near the submarine was not
the marker buoy usei az a signal uy
submarines. 1t had no connee tion
with the F-i.
Slow Progress Made.
Extremely slow progress was made
yesterday owing to the great depth OF
the water in which the submarine
rests. After having carefully TESTED
/ the cables, the vessel was raised fifty
| feet. but slipped back eight feet. This
| caused quick sag In one Of the cables
! resulting in the swapping of a cable.
! From position high in the air, Avi
ator Bradshaw was able to give the
| naval officers considerable assistance
! in establishing the exact position of the
sunken submarine. Circling In a ny.
, droplane over the spot where rested the
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