The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-09-12
TRAPPED AT BOTTOM OF SEA
BRAVE GILLIAN CREW SAVED
MOSQUE o. q Sailors Helpless in Submarine without One Los.
'"F'mo Chapter Of Herosm in Navy Already
Rich in fractions Of Unfaterino
Devotion to Duty

-e" iork.-Feiix NietO Del Rio.
correspondent in New York OF Fl
Uarie iiustrado OF Santiago. Chill. re-
iates for the New York Herald the
ioiowing story of the sinking Of the
submarine HS OF the ChUan. navy.
ana Its remarkable rescue without
loss Of life:
In the beginning Of June a mari
time accident occurred in the military
port OF Talcahuanc. Chill, which will
figure with honor In the history OF
submarine navigation. The fact has
special interest for the experts Of the
United States because the submarine
H-S OF the Gillian war squadron was
constructed here by the Electric Boat
company. This submarine is one OF
six which the British government had
ordered built during the war, but
which she turned over to Chill along
WIN % airplanes and hydroplanes of
combat. England made this grant 10
Chih after having taken over for her
own fleet two superdreadnaughts Of
zSOOO tons, as well as some destroyers
or 2,OOO tons and other smaller vessels
which Chill was having constructed.
and which were used by England IN
the war against Germany.
The submarine ffeet feft New J.on-
don last year. conveyed by the cruiser
Chacabuco. under the command of
Admiral Luis Gomez Carreno. Al
charleston a furious tempest came nm.
which lasted 20 hours, during which
time the submarines, defying all dam
ger, demonstrated their excellent con-
struction and the dexterity OF their
Chilfan crews. The transport Anga
mos, auxiliary of the feet, was almost
lost IN the storm. Having thus proved
the worth Of the submarines, which at
all times remained In a compact group,
those In command understood that
they could continue the trip to the
coast Of Chilli with entire confidence.
The fleet touched at Havana, Kings
ton, Colon. Balboa. a port In Ecuador;
africa, Chill, Valparaiso and Talca.
huano. their final destination.
This formidable voyage OF many
thousand miles Is in truth a record
that adds another proud page 10 the
traditional competence and fearless
ness of the Gillian sailors, who re-
ceived their first naval instruction
from the famous English admiral.
Lord COchrane, chief of the .Ohflian
1eet during the war Of independence.
This exploit rebounded In all the
scientific 'centers Of submarine nayi-'
cation. and has been recorded as one
OF the most interesting successful at /,
tempts made in the world. The great-
est span Of continued travel was be
tween Ecuador and Chill, which is
about 1000 miles.
VentiIatino Pipe Broken.
AT quarter to ten O'Clock In the
morning Of June l the submarines
started their customary exercises Of
submersion inside the military port of
Ialcahuano. Suddenly the command
er, Capt. Del Solar, noticed that his
boat had become very heavy and did
not easily respond to the maneuvers.
he then saw that the ventilating pipe
In the battery Of the stern had broken
ana that, besides water, strong fumes
vi chlorine were entering the compart-
ment. With due presence Of mind the
commander ordered that the compart-l
ment be vacated, taking all the ,neces.
sary precautions SO that the water
and gases might not enter the other
sections Of the submarine.
AS the danger was becoming imni.
nent, the telephone buoy was sent ND
to call for help, but there was no an
swer. Later 1t was found that the
buoy had became entangled and had
never reached the surface of the wa
ter. No answer to their calls for helm
proved to the crew that the situation
was desperate. Nevertheless, never
Tor "a moment did the discipline of
these men weaken.
While efforts were being made to
get into communication with someone
above, the men were trying to hermet-
lcally calk the partitions, it having
been noted that the fumes Of the