“PLEASE HURRY.”

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 December 1927, Page 5

“PLEASE HURRY.”

A PATHETIC MESSAGE. FROM SUNKEN SUBMARINE. Press Ajsociation-Electi'ie Telegniph-Copyrtglft. NEW YORK, Monday. By means of code hammer tapping, a diver received a reply from the imprisoned crew, saying that six men were alive within the torpedo room. The message added: ‘Gas not bad, but air is. Will you be long?” There was no evidence that anyone was alive in other parts of the submarine. The Navy tug Inka, dragging three pontoons to the scene, lost one in the heavy running seas. The waves at the spot where the disaster occurred are so high that rescue work is almost impossible.

Navv men are working frantically in answer to the entombed men’s plea: “Please hurry.” LITTLE HOPE. NEW YORK, Alonday. A message from Provineetown, Alassachusetts, says that, there is but little hope held out for the rescue of the crew of the submarine S 4. Twelve divers are attempting to establish contact and attach hawsers to the vessel. The sea continued rough and choppy, and the temperature was at freezing point. Fifteen vessels and five airplanes are at the scene of the wreck. Afembcrs of the Coast Guard said that bubbles and oil rose for two hours over the submarine. This is considered to be an ominous sign, indicating that a hole has ben torn in the S 4. The submarine mothershipi, Bushnell, failed to reach the S 4 with an oscillator. Fishermen say the vessel is lying on a muddy, spongy- bottom.