The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-03
SUBMARINE
MEN Saved
FROMDEA1H
Crew and Officers of SIS
Are Rescued After 35
Hours Under Water

uOuTS UHucT WdteV
LEwEs. Del. Sept s.-The dis.
abied submarine SIS. in tow Of the
battieship Ohio. was . short distance
outAidc the Delaware breakwater at
ai5 .. m today. II was reported
that the submarine was Tilted al
such an angle that one end OF Il
was dragging on the .bottom. max.
ing towing very difficult
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Sept a.
The steamer Alanthus n having
trouble bringing the disabled subma-
rine SIS UP tho Delaware river. ac
cording to 4 wireless resolved Mt
League Island navy yard this after
noon.
pontoons vsre being sent 10 Della
ware breakwater TO assist In floating
the submarine The crew Of the
submarine has been removed from
the Aisnthus and placed aboard the
batsisship Ohio. the ems.ags sad.
The following radio message WAS
rscslvsa - League island from the
ohia 60 of The varships which
rushed 70 thc rescue last night when
~ - ~ heip,sss On ths beetom
ofe Oaps Heuiopsn With iss crew
Inear guffcn nt1on. -.
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1l11o ouh,pacln1 go ~ 16. ~
r. - cend>11o6 WIN ~ toW ~
Into shaIlower water brforv proceed
Ing % ISewe& Wouid recommend
rush pontoonn b n16.~
The batticshtp Ohio u proceeding
70 Norfolk. Va. with the S. in tow.
according 70 the latest wireless re-
ceived at League Island navy yard.
NEW YoRK. Sept s.-Rescued
from . living tomb At the bottom Of
the sea. the offtrers and crew OF the
United States submarine IS were
being taken to Phtiadeiphia today on
the steamer Aianthus. while behind
them. on the end of Z tow cable.
trailed the disabled submcrrible
which sank off Cape Heniopen and
nearly cost their lives.
The steamer Oenerai Ooethaia.
which sent out the first 3. o. q. f6r
the sunken S.. dispatched the fol.
lowieg wireless message today,
which was picked up By the navy
radio station here:
49, ga rS&i~~~- - -..N->
S. all safe. S.5 at inclination Of
about 50 degrees now secured to
3. .. Alanthus. being towed 10 Della
ware breakwater. Crew and officers
stiIl aboard Aianthus.-
The rescue was made possible by q
war tnvenfion--a buoy. which was
released when the submarine sank.
according to adviccs received here
this afternoon. Officers on the
steamer Coethals saw the buoy. A
boat was lowered. The men in the
small boat rowed to the buoy, and
by means OF a buxzer attached to IL
communicated with the sunken sub
marine.
The Alanthus was the first to On
swer the Cocktails 8. O. 8. The
ships attached graphing hooks to
the submarine and raised its stern so
the air hole could be bored
THRILLING TALE OF
HEROISM AT SEA
Details OF the accident which came
near becoming a naval catastrophe.
coming In by wireless from rescue
ships. unfoided q thrilling tale of
heroism at sea.
Thirty.five hours after the SIS. en-
route from Boston to Baltimore. on n
recruiting expedition. had slipped to
the bottom off Cape Henlopen. the
General Goethals broad
casted a radio 8. o. s. The message
said the submarine was caught be
meath the surface and help was
urgently needed to raise her or to
cut hole in the huh thru which the
crew might be saved.
David l.. Moore. an amateur radio
operator at Pennington. Conn. sit
ting beside his instrument, picked
tho cry for help out Of the air. He
at once with the Dos.
ton navy yard and with navy off,
cials at New Haven. Dcstroyers
were dispatched from Boston and
from the southern drill grounds.
where the message was relayed to
OHIO
GOES TO RESCUE i
The battleship Ohio turned north.
ward at once. Other destroyers
darted out from navy yards along
the coast and headed toward the spot
In the general vicinity OF latitude
as.36. north. longitude u west. about
so miles east OF Delaware capes,
where the submarine with its human
sargo waS reported resting on the
potion.
While navy rescue ships plunged
thru the darkness to the aid Of the
SIS, the General 0oethals stood by
to lend what aid II could. The sub. |
marine was found to he At a sharp |
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