The Elbert County tribune., 1919-09-12


correspondent in New York of Ell
Diario Ilustrndo of Santiago. Chill. re-
lates for the New York Herald the
following story of the sinking of the
submarine H,3 of the Gillian navy,
and lts remarkable rescue without
loss of life:
In the beginning of June n mari
time accident occurred In the military
port of Talcahuano. 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-3 of the Chilinn 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
with 80 airplanes and hydroplanes of
combat. England made this grant to
Chill after having taken over for her
own fleet two superdreadnaughts of
2S000 tons. as wen as some destroyers
OF 1000 tons and other smaller vessels
which Chill was having constructed.
and which were used by England in
the war against Germany.
The submarine fleet left New Lon
don last year. conveyed by the cruiser
Chacabuco, under the command of
Admiral Luis Gomez Carreno. At
Charleston furious tempest came up.
which lasted 10 hours. during which
lime the submarines. defying all dan
rer, demonstrated their excellent con-
struction and the dexterity of their
Gillian crews. The transport Anga-
mos. auxiliary of the fleet, was almost
lost in the storm. Having thus proved
the worth of the submarines. which at
all times remained In n compact group
those in command understood that
they could continue the trip to the
coast OF Chill 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 record
traditional competence and fearless
ness of the Chillan sailors, who re-
ceived their first naval instruction
from the famous English admiral.
Lord Cochrane, chief of the ChilIan
aeet during the war of independence.
This exploit rebounded In all the
scientific centers of submarine navi-
CATION. and has been recorded as one
Of the most interesting successful at
k... IL Al.
est span of continued travel was be-
tween Ecuador and Chill. which Is
about 1.2OO miles.
ventiiatino Pipe Broken.
At quarter to ten o'clock In the
morning of June ] the submarines
started their customary exercises Of
submersion inside the military port of
Talcahuano. 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
and that, besides water. strong fumes
Of chlorine were entering the compart-
ment With due presence of mind the
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 imnf-
nent, the telephone buoy was sent up
to call for help. but there was no an
swer. Later it was found that the
buoy had became entangled and had
never reached the surface of the wa
Ter. No answer to their calls for help
proved to the crew that the situation
was desperate. Nevertheless, never
for 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. 1t having
been noted that the fumes of the