The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-16

bustIble nor explosive aboard the. e.
or any other boat
So deadly were the gases which
poured out OF the E. that the ordiH
airy gas mask could not be used by
rescusrs. Regulation divers helmets
were donned by the men who were
lowered into the hull Electric blow
ers were next placed In position and
the poisonous gases cleared from the
vessel In the meantime it had been
flooded to extinguish the flames. The
water made work OF rescue more diff
fcult The injured were carried to the
narrow ladders and half dragged to
the surface by ropes
= Admiral Usher tonight appointed a
board of inquiry TO investigate the
cause Of the explosion Lieutenant
Commander Pope, Washington, com
mander OF the receiving ship Maine,
is senior officer of the board The
other members are Lieutenant Leigh
NJ Stewart, commander of the destroy
Eer Mccall, and Lieutenant Rush E
Fay. commander of the submarine d.
The board OF inquiry viii sitfor the
first time tomorrow. Its investigations
viii be secret and the finding will be
sent directly to Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels.
The e. was not seriously damaged,
It WIS stated at the navy yard tonight.
The work OF installing Edison bat
teries and other interior alterations
will be halted. 1t was announced, I'M
7 til the navy inquiry is completed.
was Explosion OF Gas.
/ WASHINGTON, Jan 15-It was
an explosion OF gas, and generated
By the new Edison batteries-eIpecf-
ed to render submarines safer-which
wrecked the United States submarine
E-2 with the loss OF four lives IN the
Brooklyn navy yard this afternoon.
| IN the opinion OF naval officials here.
1 Gasoline used for propulsion, and
possibly torpedo heads were the only
other explosives known to have been
on board the ship. If the explosion
/ had been IN the gasoline tank, or II
! one Of the torpedo heads had been
accidentally touched OF, the boat
would have been blown to pieces. II
was explained.
! The e. vas the first United States
submarine to have the new Edison
batteries installed The great tnyen-
tor himself supsriutended this work
some months ago. They were gIYen
/ a long test On rocking frame" built
10 simulate the motion OF the boat
I at sea and found satisfactory.
! One OF the advantages Of these new
1 bstterie. is that they do not generate
the deadly chlorine gas that older
ones do II has never been claimed
for them that they generated no e1-
pIosive or deadly gases. but navy OF
Gals who attended tests have de-
! clared they greatly minimize dang.sr
from gas generation
The E-2 was built in 1910 to lis.
/ place $50 tons She had a speed Of
/ fourteen knots On the surface and
{ eleven Knots submerged She Gas
| commissioned in 1914. A few months
later while submerged during ma.crs-
vers Of Rrenton Lightship, Ensign
l Gillian detected chlorine gas and
speedily rose TO the surface.
! Next to the F-4 tragedy II Ho-n-
7 hin harbor, the accident to the z .
/ was the most serious in the history
/ of Uncle Sans submarine ships.
| The Fooi Killer Explored
! CHICAGO. Jan. 15-The bones Of
I a man and his dog were found in the
I engine room Of the Fool Killer" a
submarine which disappeared mysterf
ously twenty-five years ego, when the
! craft, raised from the Chicago river,
/ was explored tonight
4 Police records included no mention
! of the name Of the submarines last
! owner It has claimed several VIC
! tins, about the time Of the worlds
] fair, soon after il was launched, and
I passed through several owDershfps.
| The submarine was cigar shaped,
/ Of iron construction and considered
wonderful experiment when launched
1 List of Dead.
/ WASHINGTON, Jan 1.-THE fol-
/ lowing list Of killed and wounded N
I the disaster to the submarine E-2 at
/ Brooklyn was given out by the navy
I department tonight. The dead:
! ROY 3. SEABER, third class cleo
trfcian, next Of kin. William n. Sea-
Der. 1853 East 4sth street, Cleveland.
/ Ohio.
! J. H PECK, New York. plumber,
/ civil employe. New York Navy Yard.
| - LOGAN, New York plumber.
civil employee. New York Navy Yard.
| JOHN SCHULTZ, workman, New
York Navy Yard.
! The seriously injured:
/ Lac L. Niles, Newport r. J., chief
] electrician, next OF kin, wiie, Sophia
I Miles, Newport
I Guy Hamilton Clark. Buffalo. ma
I chfnist's mate, second class. next Of
( kin. Guy Hamilton Clark. Frankfort.
! ". Y.
John Holssy. enlisted Puget Sound.
Eunneris mate, third class, next Of
! kin. Henry T. Holssy, Avery. Iowa
] Raymond Otto. enlisted New York.
electrician, third class, NEXT Of kin.
! father. John T Otto. Middleburg Nd,
/ James Lyons, New York Navy Yard,
! civil enploge, general helper.
Henry Zoil, civil employe, plumber.
( Otto Hasert. civil emp1oye, plumber.
/ Richard Heyne, civil employe,
! plumber
Michael PeyBer civil employe,
plumber
] EorI;p efviI aY~.10-a work.