Show I HEROISM l' l r Of DIVERS T TO TooK lt k Lives in Hands Wh When eD Cruiser YanKee Was SinKing I I UNUSUAL BRAVERY BRA VERY V WILL WILLBE BE RECOGNIZED I I Captain Marsh of Do Doomed Doom m d I 4 Vessel Describes Actions Ac Ac- i lions of Men Hen j i t I i V WASHINGTON Dec 12 praise for tor tore heroic e o. o c work o on the tho put part o of I Engineer and a a. French French- I Canadian CUver diver named aboard abou I the tho cro cruiser sc Yankee k c while an n effort t rt was wag il being made to tow too the ve vessel ool t to New Bedford alter after she had been bean cleared of off Spindle rock 15 given in itt a a. report to the tile navy department rit t by Capt Charles C C. l i Marsh ot of tho the vessel Capt Captain in Marsh I sh after reciting that thatA the air port was found open says i I Some sOm-e time in in the early e-ariy morning mornin t perhaps about 1 0 o'clock k t word ord came up uPI that t the Ibe air tit compressors l had ad stopped Also Alo the n news s crime came of of- the open air port I I The l latter in was given to the engine engineer r. r He Ui w went nt below kelow a and d' d then sent rent f fern fora r a dl The b behavior of the these two two- I. I men flieD cannot go ro by unnoticed The open ope air port was in in tho tha stateroom on thi tb I I berth de deck starboard side next to th the theair I air c compressors Mr I went into the stateroom and shut the thc door loor H Ho then tried to close claM the air airI airport airport port got ot Ol one do dog partly in place arM arid I then bUD hung up his lantern an ern so eo as to ute use both hands The light was blown out and he be was J left it in total darkness t In Perilous Position I The Tb pressure UTo 3 against tho the port was too foo great eit for forbini him bim and ho lie found himself I in in water up to hi his bis neck in this dl I Stateroom Fort Fot Fortunately the pressure eventually c carried away way the door nit md nitI I h He lie was s thrown r out ot into to t eberth deck I III In the meantime a French Canadian diw diver r n named put on his ink diving suit and in m darkness went down into the thi sinking ship to lend hi his hand haud a at ab clos closing the air ir port diving p pump m was wa by Mr and aed o ouo of bf the company wh whO whoM name namo at thiV I tin tini I dont don't ren f F For r- r rd devotion d to o tHeir t work land and and for or orI c I know w nothing n better than I the these e actions actions' as I n word was brought t tl to me nie me that not only were tho air compressors com corn ors stopped d but w water ter through h the theair theair I air tir p port rt had gone gonn into the extinguishing ex ex- the tho fires in n i-n our boiler and hence all pumps were stopped Th The Tho ship later latH sank She now rests rests' upright in ilL fort forty five feet of water |