The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-17

New YOrk.-FeItx NtetO Dct RlO,
correspondent in New York Of 81
Diario Ilustrado Of Santiago, Chilli. re-
lates for the New York Herald the
following story Of the sinking Of the
submarine H,3 Of the Gillian navy.
and its remarkable rescue without
loss of life:
In the beginning Of June a mari
time accident occurred in the military
port of 1'alcahuanO. 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 submari
H-3 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 Chilli along
with 50 airplanes and hytlroplanes of
combat. England mntle this grant to
Chill after having taken over for her
own feet two slpertlreadnaughts of
$4,000 tons. as we'll rs 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 20 hours. during which
time the submarines. defying all dan
ger, 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 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. Chilli, Valparaiso and Talca-
huauo, their final destination.
This formidable voyage Of many
thousand miles is in truth Il record
that adds another proud page to the
traditional competence and fearless
ness of the Chilian sailors. who re-
ceived their first naval instruction
from the famous English admiral.
Lord COchrane, chief Of the CHILEAN
fleet 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
!empts made in the world. The great
est span Of continued travel was be.
tween Ecuador and Chill. which Ia
about 100 miles.
ventilatine Pipe Broken.
At quarter to ten o'clock In the
morning of June the submarines
started their customary exercises Of
submersi0n inside the military port of
TalcahuanO. Suddenly the commando
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 1T the stern had broken
and that. besides water. strong fumes
IF chlorine were entering the compart.
ment. With due presence of mind the
commander ordered that the compart.
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 imini
nent. the telephone buoy was sent UP
to call for help, hut 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 heir
proved to the crew that the situation
was desperate. Nevertheless. never
tor moment did the discipline OF
these men weaken.
While efforts were being made t.
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