Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1907 — Record Plunge of Oetopus. [ARTICLE]

Record Plunge of Oetopus.

The performance of the submarine boat Octopus, June 9. when it sank to the depth of 205 feet below the level of the ocean off Boston harbor, is unparalleled in the naval history of the world. At that ilepth the pressure of the sea was 90 pounds to every square inch of the boat’s surface, but not a bolt or a seam was disturbed, nor was there a sign of a leak, and the wonderful vessel made the trip back to Boston under her own power. During this plunge it was thought unsafe for the crew to remain in the vessel and they remained on board the accomypanying tender, lowering their craft to the bottom by means of cable and derricks. It required fifteen minutes for the Octopus to sink to the depth of 295 feet. The boat is now ready for her acceptance trial. At Rapid City, 8. D, Secretary Taft -was presented with a handsome Indian tomahawk, a souvenir of his first visit to the hills; and at Fort Meade be was gives a fine Indian bead-work bridle.