Evening star., 1928-03-20


flooded before. and everything was en-
caSed in a coating of mud. The tor
pedo room was in better condition than
other parts of the interior of the sub
marine In other compartments the
water had left not only a thick coat
ing of mud and SILT but oil covered
everything, as If spread by brush.
There was some debris, and there was
some wreckage, so that progress through
the hull was slow and difficult. The
torpedo room was a chamber of hor-
rors. and the officers spent little time
there. poStponing more thorough in
spection until the bodies had been re-
moved. which was accomplished at 8
o'clock last night. The rather SUPER
fieial inspection made yesterday dis
closed what has been recounted. There
was no paper or written messages
found 1t is extremely doubtful II any
will be found. though the possibility,
of course, remains.
Two More Bodies Found.
Leaving the torpedo room. the in
vestigators made their way into the
other compartments, in search Of the
two other bodies which could not be
found by the divers when they re-
moved 80 of them while the submarine
lay on the bottom. One man was
found wedged against the starboard
engine clutch. Another was found.
some hours later. outboard OF the port
air compressor In the motor room. Both
bodies we're clothed and their positions
indicated that they had been washed
where they were by the inrushing water.
The clock in the control room was
stopped at 334 (the ship sank at 3:37)
ataI in hA tV0f Ha ofVa
tor control was set at Stop with the
portable lights set at of" A reading
of the master horoscopes was taken and
a flve-dollar bill was picked up out of
the muddy silt. Today and for several
days. however. the inspection Will be
continued. and during this time only
members of the board OF inquiry will
be allowed to 60 aboard. They have
been given a list OF i79 detailed in
structions of what to look for in the
submarine. They are to make a thor
ough study Of the radio log. ships log.
QuartermaSter's notebook. standardiza-
ton records, none of which has yet
been found. and then check on other
details listed for each compartment.
The submarine was making stand
ardization tests when she was struck
and an electric cable ran from the pro-
peller shafts in the engine room to a
counter in the control ROOM where
device recorded the number Of reyolu-
tons per minute OF the engines. This
cable, or cables. stretched through the
doors between the compartments, so
that the doors could not be shut unless
the cable was cut. The investigators
have been ordered to determine wheth-
er the cables were cut, and how they
we're cut and what instruments were
used to cut them A diver noted when
the submarine lay on the bottom that
blueprints and blanket were iammed
in the fiapper valves at frame ~. In
the submarine. The investigators have
been ordered 10 seek the reason for
this. Some OF them expressed the be-
lief that they had been merely washed
in there by the water. All OF the uueS-
tons to be answered have been framed
with the idea OF developing every pos
sible clue to what happened immedi-
ately before and after the collision.
Rudder May Have Jammed.
The position of the stern planes, or
horizontal rudders, indicates that the
sub was coming up, but their defiec-
ton Is much greater than the bow
planes. and one of the bow rudders is
set at different angle from the other.
AS the rudders on both sides of the sub
work as a unit. it Is possible that the
collision may have jammed the rudder
gear. One offlcer advanced the theory
that the natural thing to do on sight
ing the Paulding so close at hand would
have been TO dive. But the position
Of the rudders indicates that no at
tempt was made To 60 under the Pauld-
ing.
The wound left by the Paulding
gives a graphic illustration of the force
OF the collision. The hole on the star
board side of the S-4 is perhaps 20
feet or so forward OF the coming
tower. The Paulding rammed part OF
her keel into this hole and left II
there. so Il projects outside and sticks
through and about 3 feet into the
battery room. The hole on the out
side OF the hull Is large and Jagged,
and on the inside of the battery room
there is an opening about IL inches
high 'and feet long, The keel pro-
iects into the battery, room. pointing
aft at an angle of about 30 degrees. Just
under the main ballast tank
After the Paulding struck and left
part OF her keel sticking through the
side she passed over the gun deck. TAX
ing with her a great slice Of the heavy
wood deck planking and twisting the
A-inch gun at right angles. The mount
ing of the gun was so badly twisted and
torn that the gun was hoisted on the
submarine as soon as she was In dry
dock. TO avoid the danger II Its falling
loose
The position Of the hole In the side of
the sub and the torn deck and super.