Show diesel engine inventor deatel without funds at death dr rudolph diesel was brov crossing ing the english channel on the night of september 29 1913 he was going to london to a attend a meeting ol of manufacturers and to confer with the british admiralty according to the toronto star weekly it was ten when lie he said goodnight good night to his friends and W went ent to his stateroom the next morning he did not appear he was never seen again his disappearance became an international sensation when the war broke out there was a rumor that diesel had been killed by the germans to keep him from giving technical secrets to the brit ish rudolph diesel was one of the greatest of inventors his name has haq become a common noun diesel liners furrow the seven seas diesel trucks rumble along the highways diesel powered planes crisscross criss cross the skies diesel tractors plow our fields behind the facade of rudolph diesels confident manner his big house in munich and his position of world renown he was at the end of his rope all his property was heavily mortgaged he faced bankruptcy to him an intolerable disgrace if my friend diesel had only said one word to me exclaimed adol ado ahus busch the st louis brewer there were a dozen other men who would have helped him but his stub born pride forbade he had discussed methods of suicide with his son rudolph jr and the boy never dreaming that his father was serious said that he thought the best way was to jump off a fast moving ship when he left for england his farewells were un unaccountably accountably affectionate channel crossings are dismal at af fairs at best he was alone after an evening of forced cheerfulness and impending disaster loomed before him with double force he went back on deck and before him lay jay the dark oblivious sea over a week later a dutch boat pulled a body aboard it was battered beyond recognition and after removing the contents of the pockets they dropped it overboard later a coin purse a pocketknife and a spectacle case were identified as dr diesels |