SUBMARINE DISASTER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1565, 8 October 1912, Page 5

SUBMARINE DISASTER.

* THEORIES AS TO ITS CAUSE. By' Telegraph-Press Association-CoDyrleht London, October 6., Tho divers find that they located a rock in mistako for the submarine 'H2, sunk on Friday morning by the liner Amerilca, off the South Coast. The dredging to locate the, wreck is being continued. lieutenant Pnlleync, tlio sole survivor of the submarine's crow, is recovering, but is still unable to complete his story. Experts are of opinion that seaweed obscured the periscope and forced tho submarine to ascend. Lieutenant Pulleync, they think, came on deck, saw the Amerika, and signalled her approach, but too Into to avert tlio collision, which probably caused an explosion of tho air cylinders, wrecking the interior of the submarine and killing the crow immediately. A FRUITLESS SEARCH. (Kec. October 7, 9.20 p.m.) London, October 7. Four destroyers carried out sweeping Operations in the hope of locating the sunk submnrino 82, but their efforts wero result loss. They were continued at night. Lieutenant Pulleync states that ho wan carried to tho bottom with the submarine, but the terrific rush of escaping air inflated bis oilskins, and carried him to the surface. Ho then wriggled out of his uilskins. In naval circles the disaster is attributed to suction drawing the submarine in against the liner.