SUBMARINE DISASTER
WAITING FOR WFATHER TO AIODHRATE. fAustralia A N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Nov. 17. Divers arc awaiting tho opportunity [o test the German appliances where ibe submarine “AFI” is believed to lie located. Rough weather is delaying the operations, the wind blowing half a gale. Two Britishers have been chosen to aid the Germans, whose spontaneous gesture of friendship in loaning their apparatus has created a widespread impression . The equipment of the diving suit includes a telephone with which the diver is only to keep in constant touch with the surface. Tlie Germans claim that they will be able to reach the submarine within two minutes of leaving the surface. When it is located they will examine tho hull by means of undersea searchlights for the purpose of determining the cause of the disaster. If the vessel is badly damaged, they will attempt to cut their way through the hull by means of an oxv-acetonc plant, specially designed for under water. Should it lie decided' to raise tbo submarine, it is expected to take over a week.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1925, Page 2
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