Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
DIVERS RUSH ATTEMPT TO SAVE
81 MEN BELIEVED In SUBMARINE
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lantic fleet arrived soon afterward.
The Navy salvage ship Falcon went
from the Brooklyn navy yard with
three deepsea divers on board. The
submarines 81, Sd $40 and $40
helped in the search. as well as the
tender Chewink, Vincent Astor's
Yacht. Nourmahal. and a Merritt
Chapman salvage lighter.
Capt. Diehl had sent word that the
City of Rome would reach Boston
about . pm, but it was not until
$50 O'Clock that she locked. The
three survivors of the submarine We're
the first 10 come ashore
They We're able to walk, but one
had been partly overcome by chlorine
gas and had considerable water in his
lungs. Another of the men also had
water in his lungs. but the third suf-
fered merely from cold and was float
ing on his back when rescued. All
three were wrapped in blankets and
taken to the Naval Hospital at
Chelsea
They We're In their hunks when the
crash came. they said
Capt. Diehl. after the arrival of
the steamer. said that he sounded his
whistle. cut his speed and then re-
Versed his engines Immediately after
sighting the Ssh on his starboa rd
bow. close in
He asserted that the submarine
continued full speed ahead and the
collision came "a second later" The
submarine was hit half way between
stem and coming tower and sank
within a minute.
BuOys Thrown Over.
Lighted ring buoys We're thrown
into the sea at once, said the captain
and in six or seven minutes a boat
had been launched.
The survivors said they thought
others may have been forced out of
the Sol. The captain saw only one
light on the submarine. and the whole
thing happened so quickly that he
could not tell just where it was
located
Passengers said that 1t was a clear
night. Some of them We're in their
staterooms and others on deck. They
did not see the submarine before the
collision. Three blasts on the ship S
whistle were followed almost immedi-
ately by the crash and cries for help.
THE steamer" said &. Ii. Tink-
ham of Medford, "keeled over slightly
as If it had run upon some obstruc-
ton
Miss Margaret McAloof Of Bangor,
Me. a nurse, who was a passenger on
the City of Rome, gave first aid to the
three survivors after they were taken
aboard. She was assisted by Frank
Easley of Dalton, Ga. a Harvard
medical student.
Diehl i'm Other Accidents.
Twelve of the missing members Of
the submarines crew have their
homes in New England. The other
are from various parts of the country.
Several of them were married and
some had children. Lieut.. Dobson's
home is in BrockpOrt. NY. Frank c.
Wiseman of South Boston, torpedo
man. was one of three brothers in the
navy.
The steamer City of Rome is owned
by the Ocean Steamship Line. Capt
Diehl has followed the sea for 40
years, for the most part as master
on vessels of this line. His home Is
in Everett. Twice previously steam
ers which he comma nded were in less
serious accidents, colliding with fish,
ing schooners.
Before the three survivors were
taken to the Naval Hospital at Chel-
sea for examination, one of them,
Michael s. Lira of st. Louis. said that
Lieut.. Dobson. in command. was
swept off the deck into the ocean as
the boat started to sink. He did not
know what happened to the comma nd