AMERICAN SUBMARINE ACCIDENT.
STOEY or CHEWS EESCUE(B7 Cable—Press Association— (Australian and N.Z. Cabl© Association) "WASHINGTON, September 4. , The Navy Department has rcceivea an interesting account of the acciden to the Bubmarino S5. The submarine made a dive m . feet of water. The large valve oi air tank failed to close, admitti g largo quantity of water into the l b spaces, and the boat went to tbo The crew closed the valve and ox- • pclled the water. This caused tn» stern of the submarine to be lifted . tfao water, the bow remaining su merged. The storage batteries gave ou fumes, and the crew retreated to vjj stern section and began to drill a W in the side. The air was very foul. The steamship Atlantis, 25 hours later, saw the bow and a shirt waving through a small hole in it. The Atlantis pumped air into the submarine and sent out wireless messages. Another steamship then stood by, and its engineer worked for eight hours with a bona tool before he finished cutting a hole large enough to release the crew, who are suffering from the effects of the ban air.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16933, 7 September 1920, Page 6
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