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Show I Bit FIGHT WITH HIGH SEA krifyint Experience r Under later, iiibmarine Boat Fouled on Hawser and Rendered Helpless. yr Barely Saved After Thrilling & Battlo With tho Elements K fr Hours. NEW LONDON", Conn., Dec. 11. Scaled 'Bt In tho submarine boat Plunger, two ncn recently went through a tcrrlfy-ng tcrrlfy-ng cxperlenco In a gale on tho Sound, rvrlce the Plunger was thrown up on tho Beach, and In tho battering of tho vessel it-sea and on the Bhoro the two seamen woro hurled with stunning forco against trie steel sides of their prison, When tho Jtorm had abated enough to permit nn Inspection of tho submarine tho sailors tyere found unconscious on tho floor. They were taken to a hospital hero, and now are under tho care of a physician. Both men are expected to recover IThat tho Plunger lived through the gale md came out without serious damago to the hull through two strandlngs Is taken by sea going men hero as convincing proof of the stability and strength of tho vessel, ves-sel, It Is said that had the Plunger been running under her own power she could bavo sunk below tho waves and ridden out the storm In water comparatively Bulet The new machinery Installed In 10 submarine was strained by tho toss-ng toss-ng of the waves, and probably ruined, jut apart from this the boat camo trough the test without damage. ITho Plunger now would be lying on tho leach at Lookout Point, like a prodigious prhale, wcro It not for the heroism of the ircw of tho torpedo boat Tlngey. Both he Plunger and tho Tlngey wcro caught o"the full fury of a sudden and terrific talc Tho torpedo boat had the sub-narlne sub-narlne In tow, and twice the cables part-mL part-mL Although all the pumps wcro working to capacity to keep the torpedo roat afloat the crew never thought of ibandonlng the Plunger, and after twelve lours of desperato battling with the ele-nents ele-nents the Tlngey brought the submarine irc. J. Towed Across the Sound. (The Tlngey. with tho Plunger In tow. eft New Suffolk. L. I., for Newport. Slow progress was made, and when west )f.r Block Island at midnight the torpedo oat camo to anchor near the sheltering urn of Lookout Point, five miles cast ifiWatch Hill Then tho wind was fresh Jrom tho southwest, but without Indication Indica-tion of heavy weather. At 1 o'clock, wwever, a gale whipped up, and to3sed wth craft about like cockleshells. LleuL tfelson, commanding "the Tlngey, after nuch effort succeeded in signaling the jpflmen on the Plunger to start the en-Incs en-Incs and endeavor to fight the storm nildod, Just when the men had got the Bglnea In motion tho cable between tho ifsels parted. :Thc Tlngey was riding safely at an-hor, an-hor, and the crew cheered lustily when tic Plunger was seen to point her nose ito tho seas and begin to make headway Bward the open and away from the dan-rous dan-rous coast. The submarine was passing he torpedo boat when suddenly she topped short, was caught by a trcmen-Mia trcmen-Mia wjiA'fi find flnntr slde-on to the shore. The trailing end of tho broken cable had jecome entangled In the propellor and the rcsEcl was helpless. In five minutes tho fubmarlne had been carried upon tho horc and was being battered with aston-ehlng aston-ehlng force against tho roclcs when tho "Ingc-y Bllpped her anchor and went to toft rescue SJFor an hour all efforts failed to get a lawser to the submarine, but In a lull In :he storm a line was made fast to the jow. Paying out tho cable until far oul-Jde oul-Jde the breakers the Tlngey attempted ) drag the submarine Into deep water, es tho Plunger was lifted clear of the fach by a wave tho Tlngey tightened h the cable and gained a few feet. Slow-V Slow-V the Plunger was towed straight out rito tho gale until, when about 3C0 feet from the shore, the cable parted again- j Carried on Beach Again. SThc submarine this tlmo was carried to ho beach about 300 yards distant from he place where she first struck. The horo here was1 sandy and thero was im-nlnent im-nlnent risk of tho vessel being capsized y the seas breaking over her. Two hours ffere spent in determined effort before a hie was mado fast to tho stranded craft. Then another hour passed beforo tho lunger was moved an Inch by tho Tln-ey Tln-ey straining with all the power of her liglncs. The submarine finally was pulled Jiff tho beach and Into deep water In less ',mban a minute. When tho vessel was iHioved a little sho seemed to be caught rt an undertow and wus carried out un-MH un-MH she almost struck tho torpedo boat lho Tlngoy raced into tho seas and, gel- Sg well clear of tho land, headed direct r thl3 place, "he storm abated somewhat. Tho sub-artno sub-artno was almost constantly under wa-r, wa-r, and the torpedo boat cut through tho fcyes. Her decks wero swept by tons of water every minute, and only tho pumps KMjt her afloat They were kept going &BnUl close to tho cntranco to this har-Pjr. har-Pjr. About five miles from Now London Ipo distressed craft wcro overtaken by he United States englnoer steamer Cas-pe, Cas-pe, which stood by to give assistance. It was thought belter for the Castle not o attempt to toko tho Plunger In tow, o tho torpedo boat continued with tho lubmarlnc until safe In shelter along Pnorc. Hero a stop was made, and a oafs crew from the Castlo boarded tho ubmarlno. ftThc searncT wero found lying on tho Poor of the operating room, under tho ponnlng tower. They wcro close to death rom tho fumes from tho batteries, but Mien carried to tho air qulcklv recovered nclr senses They were bruised nil over he bodies from being thrown about tho interior of tho vessel, but wero loud in pelr praises of tho way the Plunger bc-paved. bc-paved. They said that only for the broken brok-en cable fouling tho propellor thev would Jftvo navigated the craft In safety and ome through the storm with little dlB-PcrnforL dlB-PcrnforL Tho torpedo boat showed many evidences of the storm when alio camo into port A lifeboat had been carried Pwny, and tho deck had been swept clear JT practically all fixtures. After a few pours work, however, tho little vessel ras in good -trim again. A now lifeboat vaB shipped, and this evening tho boat goked noiio the worse for the battering. |