The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-09
LAKE COMPANY
 RECEIVE SUPPORT

(Contfnued from Page One) having two divers from New London go down to the sunken S-4S and at tach to the hull iron plates to close the openings of matches and then pump the water out, and raise the sunken boat.
 The S-4s is still in TO feet of water about i've miles off Penf1eld Reef. The tug Robert McAl1ister stood by the sub all night as off1icals feared that the boat might shift. l.. L. Sni In of New London will probably take charge of the salvaging of the ship. Mir. Smith is connected wi fh the W. T. Scott wrecking company. The John Glen and the Robert McAllister went out again this morning with several lighters to begin the work of raising the sub.
 The boat was under water from 10 a. m. until at night. The subna- m. Wednesday on a trial trip bound for New London. New London was notified that the ship would put in that port at 2:30 Wedn esday after rive the Lake Company was notified. The Lake Company kept the news quiet because they feared that the families of the members of the crew would become panic stricken. When questioned today to whether or no the raising of the S-4s would be a difficult task, B. Fraun- selder, chief engineer at the Lake
 
 he believed that the raising of the sunken submarine would noI be Il very difficult task but that 1t would require patience and quick work as a big storm or rough sea might come up at any time, causing the sunken craft to change its position. and make the work more difficult. The reason why the crew of the S-4s were rescued was the supreme calmness of every single, member oi the crew. They knew the situation | that they were in and they set about determined to save themselves and the to leave the sub, Hickey and Walsh | wantd to stay by the ship and rescfa it if possible after the Standard Oil tug No. 2s hove in sight and began n the difficult task of taking off the crew.
 The sub was carrying an unusual amount of ballast and in order to | force the bow of the ship up above the water ttts ballast had to be dis | posed of by throwing 1t overheard Seventeen thousand gallons of odl were valve in the bottom of the ship. | From 10 a. m. until 5 at night the entire crew not excepting a s1nsie man, worked f-anticnlly badiing out that would hold the oil through the l check valve.
 | Another hero of the wrecked sub
 marine S-4s Is A. Buchanan, 277 East 1 of the ship. As told in another story of th4s issue. Frank Dunno was the first man out. It was Dunne whe | yentured out the torpedo tube to see | whether or not the bow of the boat l was above water, Dunne was to taf twice with a hammer If water came | in the torpedo tube opening and the l men below would know that 1t was 6 1 signal to close the airtight door o1 | the tube. The door was opened bit by bit until it was entirely opened.
 Ten minutes had passed and nc | word from Dunne. Buchanan wen
 up with 6 rope. and as hse reache e6
 the top he saw Dunne eiinging to the | chains of the anchor. In some man
 ner or other he managed to gel | Dunne in the torpedo tube before | hiy4. ~ He showed Dunne in hall
 frozen, and unconscious down the
 tube before him. After the descent
 down the a1 feet of the tube Dunne was wrapped in 6 bianket and forced