Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-15
Twenty-Six Men Batt' ~
Their Lives as so !
Diver Wallov ~
Off e -
TIDE AIDS >..scUE WORK
Fear Felt That Ebb Might
Drag Disabled Vessel Back
With It to Ocean,
STRANDED DURING STORM
Bulletin.

Eureka, .al., Dec. IA. The i've
were followed ashore within an hour
by the remaining nineteen men OF the
crew and the two officers.
Eureka. Cal. Dec. l4.-Five OF the
crew of the United States submarine
HIS, which has been pounding in the
surf north OF here since dawn today
with twenty-SiN men imprisoned in
it. were brought ashore on hrccches
buoy at 5 O'Clock,
Eureka, Cal. Dec l4.-Twenty-six
men were battling for their lives in a
gas-hlled submarine wallowing in the
surf 800 yards off the shore of north
ern California's coast where the sub
marine had been stranded since before
daylight.
A full tide was assisting every form
of human mechanism that desperate
rescuers ashore had been able to
bring to play in their efforts to save
the men
Coast guardsmen shot line across
the bow OF the HIS an hour before
dark and by watchers on shore the
submarine was seen to become more
steady in the roll OF the surf as the
line was made fast, Then the task o.
rigging breeches buoy was begun.
Life savers were working with all
speed possible to get other lines
aboard. ReScuers held the fear that all
ebbing tide might drag the disabled
vessel back with it.
Strikes Sand Spit.
In dense fog the HIS struck a
san dspit early today while cruising
down the coast from Puget sound on
its way to the Mare Island navy yard
i'll San Francisco bay. 1t was accom-
panied by the United States ship
Cheyenne and the submarines HI and
H-2. Officers OF the Cheyenne said
they believed that the accident was
caused by the engines of the HIS be-
coming disabled.
Commander w. B. Howe of the
Cheyenne, directing the rescue work
on shore, said the men had been able
to keep alive by crowding beneath
si.e .oi.',is .t, 'oM 49, ro' am' f ~ ,n'' f may
tio aP,.e tn.e.r;ns ~. 0"'o' '"' gao '''''e' VII
'"1 re I'll II ;. ,shoro ;,s+ o,.s;do .ho
entrance to Humboldt bay. Lieuten-
ant H. R. Bogusch is in command Of
the HIS. with Lieutenant Z. F. Zemke
'eOo"u l." 'o'''i',a''u
Men Are Rolled Around.
All day long until the sea swept
inc iran l,!lle era,t iurl lilel peaellWaLu a,
TO d slea9leI % poSl.'o,, Tue L,, '''ell oi .I,e
~ ~ po..led up up III .nc nu',' % WIZ G a.
,leu AROUND i'ke NUS ~ IL, I: pai,el' o"t !f
,oi'ely l'euit stu.k ~ '"s u 'ose ds II
nc "elc idsneu 10 'le u'SEi suPe'
structure ul'tli @ tIe peatl.s , Vi t,Ie ereat
breakers pesdH heei''is lne suoii.a' '''e
over ana pack IT'S coming tower
poui1IHs u, the sd''oy oot'u''i oi ''e
sur. ihe'l II ai,appedrea' 'l'e hdt.hGS
were oat'eieu uo"li anu o'c" anu o.
ncers--tWenty,s'N Il, aiI-"ere pr'S-
onG[s Il, lfe'r pot'ie-ood',
watchers ashore eou'u near la"l,ly
%DoTe 'ne Sl,''d anu od' oi 'i'C
breakers thc Snor' 1901 ioo'' loot'
OF the diVer ar WHISTLE dyihg away
as the ar supply was exhausted n
telepragh operator 'hough' ne Getec'-
cd the start OF a message Ill Morse
code by me diVcr Whls'Ie;
Meanwh'lc the mother snip Chey,,
enne Slowly edgcd lis way IN toward
ihe li-o' uh''l Withh inc hrS' breaker
line
Mother ship Moves BACK.
About noon the curtain OF log that
l'ad iiited Garner IN the DAY again
closed DOWN ana the mother shiP,
rnoVea Dack. Wreckage' eV'dently OF
inc coming 'o"er ana superstructure'
was hung up al the leet OF inc shorc
"arGnets; T, =,
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