Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-03
Disabled SIS That Went Down
off Cape HcnIopen With 80
Aboard, is Raised.
MEN HAD GIVEN UP HOPE
WHEN RESCUERS CAME
Sailors Taken From Hole Cnf m
Graft; All Reported Un-
injured.
BOY FIRST TO PICK UP
RADIO CALL FoP HFfsP
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philadelphia. Sept B. RADIO u1~rsarrV
flashed from che army uaneport GcIscrsl
G0etbals to The Phiisdelphis fsvy Yard
via Cape May, told u The rrsciIe eariy
today q the officers and cvcw n thf uih-
marine IS. Jhry rad sp~nt nearly tW0
DAYS locked IN the dr.abIci vessci hen~afh
the Atlantic O-can IS ru,'e- sDuth - Cepe
Henlop~n
The Alan-ffr- " pxo~~s-1i-~ SLOWLY wiih
the SIS in to~ A vrrcl~sv nncrvagr gaya
the naval authorities may decide ~ lskc
the crew b Cape May instead n Deb
ware Breskwatrr. From there th~y can
be brought 70 Philrdc'phia t'y train she
should reach Cape May eariy tbfs after
noon.
IL was after 3o'clook shignorninr when
Lieutenant Commander g. NJ Cooke
Jr., who exercised hrs rre-ors'ivc ~ heirg
the lass man ~ leave hi.ve-ssi uss takeu
aboard the steamship Alsnshu. Nine
hours Rad cispsed since the plight a Tho
undcrsea boat h.d b~en made pnhhe
through a wireless call pp~ted up ~ %
amateur operator In Parrnipgton, Conn
II as a small buoy. a d~vc'orr~nt -
the world war together pish the vigiisn
eye Of a lookout on the bridge oftie fr&n--
port General Coc.hsis that gave the
thirty men on the submerged submarine
SIS their chance for life.
This small buoy, with q t.rFl snr b1zs~r
device that can be operated vh~r the
boat is submerged. a. part ~ the equipment
Of all later type submarines u E1s cat
loose when the S-5 went dom. fhcioosput
on the General Goe.hals ssw u, beng 81
trarted by its beil and noted that u vas
not on the chart.
an A n. xf 1.
Vas lowered from the TRANSPORT % IN
vestieat@ When the buoy was reached ths
buzzer devicr could be heard The OF Ger
/ cut into the connection and quickly there
/ came this message.
The submarine S-5 has been sIornerxcn
I for thirfv-sive hours. Arr - running short.
I Machinery - damaged. send for heip
This plea was sent broadcast BY the
( wireless of the General Gocthais. Among
( those who responded was the steamer
Alanthus which with the army tranxuort
1 stood by the submerged vessel and ulanag-
I ed to attach graphing hooks 70 rs stern.
Holding the submarine IN a vertical
( position, hole WAS bored through her
/ plates and ar pumped through % the
\ suffering crew VINO had almost gwen up
I all hope of rescue.
In the meantime the cal for heip had
/ been picked UP by the navy wireless sta-
/ tions, and by command of Secretary
/ Daniels destroyers were rushed to the res
cue from the Philadelphia, Newport News
and New YORK.
Before these vessels arrived. however
word was flashed that al the crew had
been taken aboard the Alsnthus.
Washington. sept. 3.--Inf0rmed By
I wireless that all members Of rhe submarine
SIS, submerged of Cape Henlopen, haa
been rescued, Navy Department oihciais
today awaited a report as 70 the cause cI
the submarine dEsablem.nt.
Word from the army transport Genera
GOethsls that the % men and four Ofhcer
comprising the crew OF the So werr salei
aboard the steamer AlanthGs was reiAyei
70 the department. Officials were relievei
to hear that although the men ver n
rather bad shape none bad been lnsured
Lieutenant Commander Charles VI
Cooke, Jr., in command Of the sIbmariuC.
WAS thought here 70 have been tho lasi
man taken from the wrecked craft.
Other officers reported on August
with the SIS were Lieutenant J @. Gres-
ham; Ensign J. Bailey Longstaf and Gun
ner Robert Holt.
The submarine, the navy department
w,as informed. was IN almost q verticsl
position. With her bow pointed toSarfl
the ocean bottom il would have becn us, :
less, naval officers said, for any Of the crew
20 have attempted 20 get out through the
torpedo tubes which are In the bow.
Boston, Sept IA message today from
the Steamer Alsnthus said:
''S-5 secured TO Alanthus. Fifteen iest
of stern above water. Possibly slight
negative buoyancy. Nose Of boat on bot
tom. steamers Brazos, Ovsrton, Bilinl,s
lev, Putnam and William B. Preston
standing BY. Towing SIS 70 Delawarc
Capes. If AsnthIs fails 20 carry the COW
the Brazos viii do the towing"