The sun., 1916-01-16
Continued from First Page.

. port received by him that any one had
been killed.
The bang, which caused more ex-
element around the navy yard than ever
before in the memory Of the present
executive and laboring stan OF the yard,
was 80 muffled by the steel skin OF the
i,-2 that even those near the dry dock
heard 1t only as n dull booming sound.
IN buildings only "A city block or two
away the noise was not heard at all and
IN the administration buikiing, where
he commandants offices are located.
there was no notion that anything had
happened until telephones began 10 buzz.
followed by word OF mouth information
from officers and men who scurried in
with the news.
But to workers in and around the dry
dock the boom and trembling Of the
long steel fish propped up on her stills
down in the dry dock. the sight Of the
sieel ladder shot high out OF the main
hatch and a sudden outpourng of smoke
that was black. but not OF great density
in a fash these outward signs brought
every enlisted man and yard workman
near by 60 the place on the run.
Sailors piled out of the ozark and the
,r.u..o ,o,,ar .n,ns "a ,bs sub
marines, in dry dock No. 3. block or
less to the northeast. A few workinen
we're aboard the submarines D-l. D-2
and D-3, which were lying abreast
lew ieet away ,'o'', s1e ~ a., Nv %, ~ ~ ,no
dry dock the E-- oe'"e 1us' Az VI '"e
three ID ooa's'
-
First H'S"'
In suuads ,he rescuers came running
and scampered ont across high gang
blank running from the southern lip OF
The dry dock out to the deck of the E-2.
Two OF the first of the rescuers who got
cut on .he deck Of the submarine.
hardening TO the gIUans and cries com
ing from below tried to get down TO
thetr fellows and drag them out, but
we're partly overcome themselves ana
ba5 10 no ,eyiyed
With fumes of potash and smoke from
the burning rubber insulation, charred
,io,hing and SOM, burning wood coming
nm M, r,inuers were SEMI at top speed
an nrorure oxvpeu helmets Svarms of
stesI xork.rs hogan also 10 rim off plates
..r,,,, t,.ar,.ai, ,,,, dowp on INC
iii g, eva pno- ~ tho drv dock with
80 -. ~, ,,,,. of the man had
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e "7.''.,.n 80 ,ti,,i, &c !.
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nsue' sIaSlns an. 49, .,,,' - :
IN The s'ee! SKIN alt "Io,as 'le oeI,. VI
soueezed his own way TO safety through
this opening or was helped out by
anxious hands.
Protected by the oxygen helmets a
few of ,ho r,scuers now were lowered
into the hatch They could stay inside
only a short time, AS the helmets did nos
come up to expectations TEen along
came a diver with his diving suit and
rigging The diving outfit was donned
and proved more efficacious than the
oxygen helmets,
Inasmucn as the eXplonsion of yester-
duy was. according to naval officers, the
frst of It's kind, methods OF rescue had
to be devised on the moment. In the
opinion OF early witnesses the sys-
tematc manner IN whlch the volunteers
among oflceIs' pIue Jackets marines ana
yard workers tackled lob whoiiy ne"
70 them was feharkan'e'
Nh.le the hre oeIoW was oe'ns al
.acHeo WIN wafer ana 'he ciec'r 'e
blowers were Gearing the suI'rha''l o.
sases IN. ut'u ahu i.JuFeu "''e pe'ns
oioush. I" 'ne ''liI VI .i.e vi u'eh. "ni,e