Rising Submarine Rammed and. Sunk

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 231, 19 December 1927, Page 9

Rising Submarine Rammed and. Sunk

U.S. NAVAL TRAGEDY RISING suddenly to the surface ahead of a destroyer, the United States submarine S 4 was rammed and sent to the bottom cf the sea off Gape Cod. It is feared that all her company, 43 officers and men, are lost. By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright.

Reed. 9.5 a.m. PROVINCETOWN, Sun. hope is held for the rescue of the crew of the submarine S 4.

Twelve divers are attempting to establish contact, and attach hausers to the vessel; but the sea continues rough and choppy, and the temperature is freezing. Fifteen vessels and five airplanes are at the scene of the wreck.

Coast-guard men said bubbles of oil rose for two hours from the spot above the submarine. This is considered an ominous sign, indicating that a hole Is torn in the hull.

The submarine mothership, Bushnell, failed to reach the S 4 with an oseil.ator Fishermen say the vessel is lying on a muddy spongy bottom.

The submarine suddenly rose to the surface ahead of the destroyer. It is believed the force of the collision seriously damaged the hull of the submarine.- —A. and N.Z.

SERIOUS BUSH FIRE.—A message from Carnarvon. on the north-west coast, 464 miles from Perth, states that a serious bush fire is burning on a 12mile front south-west of Carnarvon. The fire is threatening several stations. All hands, including the shearers, are fighting the flames.—A. and N.Z.

VESSELS RUSH TO SCENE DESTROYER BADLY DAMAGED HIGH SEAS HINDER WORE Reed. 9.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Sunday. Seven hours after the destroyer Paulding, of the anti-rum-running patrol, collided with the submarine S 4, sending the latter to the bottom In

100 feet of water off Cape Cod, the fate of the 43 of 13rs and men of the sunken vessel is in doubt. The Navy Department believes that the men will be alive only if the craft itself is not seriously damaged. Boats that cruised about the spot where she was sunk found no survivors, indicating that perhaps the hull of the vessel is not pierced. The Paulding was beached at Provincetown Harbour. Her hull is badly damaged. One member of the crew was seriously scalded by an exploding steam pipe. Vessels with salvage equipment are speeding from Boston and New York to the spot of the accident, but there is little prospect that raising operations can begin for at least another 15 hours. High seas indicate that rescue work will be hampered.—A. and N.Z.