New Britain herald., 1928-03-19
VIEW BODIES OF SIX MEN TRAPPED
 IN WRECKED S.4
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them. The torpedo room door into the battery room was tightly closed and "dogged' down and further Wcdged down with lead maui and a large pinch bar
 The port hole in this door evident ly had leaked. as it had been cover od over with rubber held in place by wooden blocks.
 There was evidence that the neu had used the gas masks in the room.
 The SC listening gear, through which the rescue vessels had pumped aid to the men, had been shipped and the stethoscopes. which had been removed. were found on the bench underneath which Lieutenant t'itch's body lay,
 Boston. March, 1o LPt-The sub marine S-4 was placed in dry dock at the navy yard here today and 'arly this afternoon the dock had been cleared of water. Everything was ill readiness for inspection Of the vessel by board of invcstiga- ton which was prepared to make a thorough examination of every part of the submarine. The boards l search was with the view Of uncov- i! "rInS any data which may not have 1 teen available to the board of in- l quiry which conducted hearings on ! the sinking of the S-4 by the coast | guard destroyer Paulding off Cape 1 Cod on December l7 last.
 General Investigation.
 ''The board" said Captain J. D. | Wilson, it's senior officer, Twill con- 1 duct it's investigation in q general | way and will note all conditions pos sible immediately, particularly with | the idea of discovering anything which 1t was impossible for the ! board of inquiry to ascertain with out an examination of the boat IL 1 is vory probable that it will not be possible to find out q good many things which tho board hopes to as certain until after th" compart- mcnts have been washed out and cleared of mud and filth. but this work will be done as quickly as pos sihle"
 The other members of the board were Commander E. F. Enrght, f, Lieutenant Commander r.. F. Kit redge, Lieutenant Commander r. K. Livenow. Lieutenant T. S Wylly, |; Lieutenant X. (. smith and Lieutrn- ant Commander c. F. Bowling. medical officer.
 To Examine Bodies.
 
 compartments had been opened was for lieutenant Commander Dow ling, ', accompanied by Medical Examiner George E. MaGrath. of Suffolk coun- ", !. II. Taylor. navy fingerprint eN- pert, an undertaken and one Of the members of the board of inyestiga- ton, to enter the vessel and examine the bodies. The board members Was ready 10 make notes as to the posi- ton Of the bodies and all conditions surrounding them.
 Lieutenant Commander Bowling , then was charged with the duty. aid d by hts assistants, of preparing the bodies for removal. The bodies will not be taken out until tonight. when , Naval hospital.
 Lieutenant Commander J. D. i Jones of the bureau Of engineering vas on hand to accompany the f board in its examination of the yes , sel. for the purpose Of preparing i report for the bureau as 10 the con { 1i'ion Of the machinery.
 Hatch Cut or.
 It was announced that Lieutenant Commander livonow would take , charge of any records or confidential , documents found in the submarine. ,
 Later the gunncry officer of the ? S-b and working party were under f orders to board the S-4 and start :, the work of taking out all am , and explosives. e.,
 Lights were hung all over the S-i < 10 expedite the work of invcstiea- ton. Early in the afternoon the i; torpedo room hatch was cut off.
 Six feet of the coming tower showed above the surface of tn. :, water at the S-4 went into dock The new flag which had been attached to = h" submarine for the trip from the ape was flying at half-mast. The locking operations were watched by Near Admiral Philip Andrews, com nandant of the yard and Il largo 'roWd of yard officers and employ,s. aside from these only neWspapcr nen were admitted to Inc yard.
 shortly before n o'clock the work h casting off tEc pontoons was be- :un and the drawing off of the water rom the drydocl was under way.
 >-l Appears
 As the lctcl of the water in the iry.lock gradually was lowered the tnck of the S-4 came into view. Jm- uedlately after it was clear Com nander Harold s. Saunders, who had i&sistcd Captain Ernest J. King in hc salvage operations, walk ed ihoara barehoaded, q basket of pink 'arnations in his hand
 He walked slowly to a point mid way between the torpedo compart- nen where lay 1h" bodies of six of ne submarines crew and the engine oom where two more bodies were to bc lying. There he laid De basket on the deck and with 'oW.d head walked back.
 The towing of he submarine from where il was brought Q the surface Saturday after hun reds Of diving hours spent in un- 'atering the ship. sealing it's com artm"nts and finally making fast he huge pontoons to heavy iron hains which had been passed under nd over the hull through three un- CT keel tunnels, was accomplished lthout a hitch but with extraor- lna"y care.
 Four Tugs Tow Sub
 Through the long trip the S was onvoyed by four tugs. the mine Nnsnnr RuShnnll saINupn shin L-al