The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-26

The collision occurred at 1890 last
night, so that at noon today the vic
Tins of the disaster has beer i'm.
prisoned in the submarine more than
fourteen hours.
Three Rescued
Three members of the crew were
rescued and are now en- route to
Boston on the City Of Rome.
Lieut.. r. II. Dodson, commander
of the S-51, went down with his
craft.
The destroyer Putnam, the U. S.
S. Camden, patrol boats from the
New London submarine base, and
six submarines are now on the scene
of the disaster. The Putnam re-
ported finding a buoy made of life
preservers and said there were no
marked quantities of oil flating on
the water where the S-51 went down.
AT 2:30 p. m. word came to the
submarine base that a submarine
had been anchored over the spot
where the S-51 went down and that
diver had been sent to the bottom
to make a survey.
Every effort is being made 10 raise
the submarine promptly, but opinion
is divided as to whether there is any
possibility Of rescuing the men alive.
AS the three survivors know moth
ing Of what transpired inside the
submarine after the accident. there
is none to testify as to whether the
water.tight compartments made it
possible for the men in the submers-
ible to escape death,
Hatches Probably Open
The fact that three men escaped,
however, indicates that matches were
open, which would have permitted
an thrush of water
The. Navy has engaged Harris
Chapman & Scott, New Haven firm
OF divers and salvagers, TO aid in the
rescue of the submarine. In the
meantime, vessels on the scene are
graphing for the sunken vessel in
the hope of bringing her to the sur
face.
Those rescued are:
A. Geir, New Bedford, Mass,
electricians mate, second class.
d. G.. Kile. Peoria, Mississippi,
engineman, first class.
NJ. S. Lira. St. Louis, Mo, fireman,
first class.
Escape Unexplained
How these men were able to
escape the submarine after the crash
was not explained in the early dis
patches reaching here.
Naval officers here said that
the submarine, being divided into
compartments, may have been dam
aged by the collision in only one
compartment permitting the crew to
get into other compartments and
cling to life there a bit longer.
1t was under these conditions and
special provisions available to COM
bat just such emergencies. the
men might endure for a time ranging
from twelve hours to a week, de-
pending on how badly the vessel
was damaged.
According to the officers
here, ii would be possible
to raise her in twenty-four hours If
she can be located and graphing
hooks successfully placed about her.
Search Is Made
The passenger steamer, City OF
Rome. in command OF Captain j.
H. Diehl. is a 5000 ton vessel en-
gagged in coast.wise and West In.
dian trade. 1t was cruising along
at normal speed, en- route from
Savannah, Ca, to Boston last night,
when 1t crashed into the submarine
in the darkness at a point off Block
Island. about thirty miles south of
Newport.
In the absence of further word
from Captain Diehl, 1t is assumed
that the City OF Rome either failed
to see the S-51 in the darkness or
that the submarine was cruising
below surface at the time, which
officers here regard as unlikely
Immediately after the crash the
City Of Rome was put about and