Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-15
Wire Cables Holding Subma-
rine Shifted Today; Further
Diving This Afternoon
OPERATIONS ALREADY
ADD TO SCIENTIFIC
KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD
Deep-sea Descents Proving of
Remarkable VaIue-"Pure
Air" Theory Held BY G. D.
StiISon indicated BY Expe-
riences of CriIIy and Nelson

On the information OF the two deep
sea explorers, who Yesterday walked
en- the oce'n floor at a greater depth
than man has ever before gone, the
wire cables which connect the sunken
submarine FL with the dredge Gay
lord, were shifted round this morning
II was learned by Divers Frank
Crilly and II. C. Nelson after their
300foot drop TO the bottom Of the
sea, that one OF the lines was slightly
foaled and that the other was too far
aft to bear the strain of a direct lift.
Before further salvage operations were
undertaken, it became necessary to
change the location of these lines and
this morning this work was being done
by the tugs Navajo, Intrepid and Mi.
kaala.
This afternoon the results will be
inspected by additional diving. Prob
ably Drellishak and Loughman, who
have not yet taken their turn below
water, will 60 down, but the selection
will depend on how the men feel when
the time for the descent comes. 1t
is imperative that divers working at
such great depth as the present salv.
age job makes necessary be in
perfect physical condition and even
slight indisposition is good cause
for man 10 stay above. .
The work this morning above the
F4 was of considerable interest and
brought out the lessons learned in the
past month in the dragging operations
and the handling of heavy towing gear
The tug captains, director of opera,
tions and in fact everyone connected
with the Job has little 20 learn in f1is
work after the days and nights which
followed the first finding Of the lost
Submarine, III the lines are fast to
the satisfaction of those in charge, the
G00-ton scows which have been made
ready for use as lifting pontoons, will
be towed out and the cables made fast
to the hosting gear The scows will
not leave the dock, however, until they
are actually required on the work as
they are cumbersome to handle and
would only be in the way around the
scene of the wreck. a
Science 6enetiting. ... II
Outside OF the actual physical re-
suits which the navy diving experts, /
under the direction of Chief Gunner
G. ID. Stillson, are achieving, data and
information in regard to deep-sea div.
ing, of enormous scientific Importance,
are being obtained. The apparatus
which Stillson has perfected for work
ing at excessive depths is getting its
seyerest try-out to date and with ey.
cry descent theories and deductions
are being proved correct In the opin-
ion of Stillson, DR.. French, the medi.
cal expert of the diving party, and the
divers themselves, the limit depth to
which q man can 60 is still far away
The reason that Drellishak, when he
made his former record dive of 275
feet, didn't 60 any deeper was that,
as he himself expressed it, he didn't
have pick and shovel to dig down
through the bottom" The same ap-
plies to Crilly and Nelson who yes
terday rambled round at a depth of 800
feet or thereabouts. They were not
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