BRITISH SUBMARINE DISASTER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1961, 19 January 1914, Page 5

BRITISH SUBMARINE DISASTER.

: \. . ■&.'.-i ; - 3-'iLvs^v;»,ii,*..« ...■.:.'. ;':4feiii&¥i^ iilflviiiEN;FATiii S|||||N!|ivEp|oSii .Sy.vT«kffraDh?--Pr*Bf' : A«)3ot!aUoft--(»3oi3rrls.isi; at' son, tho'-'aub- i inmiiiio A7j Comninudcr: Wollmaii,foun ■. > <lere.d,;m; Whifcsand Hay,' isi eovontcoh '. '.fathoms "of. water; .at middayi Salvag--iwe'rostill ,, aiivo at 5 o'clock in. the'even-, '}W^M:iV^^ti+si:-:i:. . i &:- ! 'llio ■ sea , iivM. 1 moderate afc tho timc.j The submarine,'''accompanied by 11.M.5. ■ jl'igmy; * was*■' attached 'to the ' seagoing idepot slsij> Kortli, jind dived ■ lor -. .this 'purpose ©I firing torpedoes/ ■'' -4''X, i : ■■; ; Sli<s remained below an unusual tinve. aiid the Pigmy's officers becoming alur/m----cd, to communicate vfith lior. crow, Their'signals elicited no : response, but ominous bubbles'.' rose -'iipoii .jtfio smooth swoll. ■.:" ■■■", i '-*^?:;/- ; ii'\ ; >;>:;' ■ i "'; The iuishap- ooetirrod over a rocky boi'tom. They placed a'tmoy Ui mark the spot, butjho buoy'■drifted,--and was Mot .foimd.' "*.' - : "■■■':' ;- i! ' "'" '■:':'■:" -'A'" , '* . ■■' .'.• 4; Prompt- efforts at salvage wore made, and continued fruitlessly, by'the aid of tho , searchlight. It is stated that the fate of tlie submerged crew is practically hopeless, as their supply of oxygen vrixti only sufficient for six houre. ..: All hope has now been abandoned. The search wns resumed at daylight, but the great depth of water precluded opening the coniijng-towor, as the inrush of water would have been disastrous. ' .'"' ■'■ ' ■ ' '':'' '. "'■'" ■?■■ The catastrophe- is attributed to the disablement of the pumps. , ■ '=■ ■■ '■■■■-■ ■Tho 'death-roll itelude* Commander Vellman, Sub-Lieutenant R.. Morrison, ■and nine petty officers and men. 'J Two hundred' persons liavo perished during the last- ten years in seven. British and nine foreign submarine- acei- ■ dents.;' ■■/'■'■' ' '""■ - : -" ' •'. " '■ ■' ' ■ V'-; The: newspapers, commenting on. suei'cessive disasters to tho A Class submarine, consider that their frail hulls are not fittc-d for oven tho elementary ..duties, recently assigned- to them— ■hnmeiy, exercising within easy reach of 'tho shore. Tho Admiralty is urged to supersede the cJass forthwith." ■ -■ ,;?,i, LOOKING FOR/THE WRECK. .;'.., :#V ; (Rcc.- : January 19, 0.50 a.m.)-'rf'"'' .'.s''*''i-"■. " : . Londim, January 18.' ''Destroyers''are sweeping Whitsand Bay, trying to locate tho sunken su.bmarino. ... ~ ■.-■-.'■'■. '■ ■' ......