Connecticut western news., 1917-07-05
Submarine Crews Every Time the
Undergo More Strange and Har- rowing Perils Than Any
 Other Type of Sailor
.HE two types of navy craft which
 are absorbing popular attention

NAAI I"O y pCS Ol nav y Cld1I
 are absorbing popular attention
 are the submarines and their ter rible missiles sped from ambush and the most potent foe of this type, the destroyers-
 Stripped hulls sinking through the gloom, Half guessed and gone again.
 And now that our destroyers have Joined those of our allies it is more than likely that much dramatic his- tory, which will have it's own deep in- terest for us, will soon be rapidly writ ten on or about the waters of the North sea and those of the English channel
 In this writing there is no intention of discussing the characteristics of either type. It is merely to illustrate some phases of life on board. In 6 fine tribute to the late Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Kipling described that officer as having lived more sto- ries than Zogbaum or could invent" After reading an experience like the subjoined one can realize how much this may now also apply to those who hourly risk their lives in a service where the widest tales are true, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The story is of an adventure of a submarine somewhere in salt water" The vessel picked up the smoke of en- emy vessels on the horizon at 9 o'clock and at once headed for them. When she had approached to a suitable dis tance the submarine dived and by means of her periscope soon was able to see. that the enemy vessels com prised a squadron of ten ships of the line and torpedo boats. To prevent the enemy seeing the periscope the commander of the submarine decided to steer to the port side of tho squad ron, where he would be between the enemy and the light.
 asf Decides on Frontal Attack.
 At the same time, knowing the en- emy torpedo boats train special eXplo- sive contrivances for the destruction of submarines, the commander decided to make frontal attack on the squad ron and steered a corresponding course. Keeping her periscope above water, the submarine approached the torpedo boat leading the right column and passed at its port side at distance of be- tween forty-five and sixty yards, still keeping her periscope six inches above water. The torpedo boat either did not perceive the submarine or perceiv ed her too late, for 1t stood on its course.
 Wishing to operate outside the line of torpedo boats, the submarine drew to the left, under the prov of the second torpedo boat, and in order to avoid il collision sank to a depth of fifty feet At this depth the crew of the subma- rine distinctly heard the noise made by the screws of the warship. At depth of thirty five feet the submarine raised her periscope, to sight on her starboard beam the ram of the leading warship, which was cutting across the course of the submarine at> distance of not more than sixty yards.
 The commander ordered the subma- rine to dive, but before the vessel could submerge there came terrible crash, the submarine reeling from the shock AlLll 5uC DCCh lOlNCu Ol hCl OOSlhA \ ends, and in that position she was held as the long keel of the warship scrap ed along her side. The collision broke every electric bulb, plunging the sub- marine in utter darkness, and as the vessel went over on her side the crew were hurled from their feet and dashed against the side with violence that stunned many into unconsciousness.
 Cleared at Last.
 After what must have seemed an eternity the keel of the battleship at last scraped clear of the submarine and the stricken vessel slowly righted Then, to avoid any more collisions, the commander, groping in the blackness for his diving gear, began to submerge the vessel to a greater depth. Sudden ly came a loud explosion, one that caused the commander to suppose that the shell of the submarine, having been damaged by the collision, could not stand the pressure of the water and was collapsing. He therefore rose to sixty feet, but the sound of the ap preaching screw of a large vessel com pelled him to dive again to a depth o. eighty feet. Repeated attempts tt rise were in vain, because each time the submarine rose to fifty feet the! heard the screws of the battleship' and torpedo boats of the enemy squad ron, which had broken line and were cruising backward and forward search ing for the submarine.
 It was found that the periscope hat been wrecked, and to add to the trou ble it was discovered that the subma rine was taking in water so fast as t. lose her buoyancy. To blow out tn