New York, Dec. 20.
The last message received from the men on board the submarine S-4 was in the form of three dis tinct taps at 11.20 this morning, acknowledging a cheering werd from the wife and child of Lieuten fant Graham Fitch. Undeeipherable hhammerings were heard os late 4 o'clock this afternoon, since been silence.
Signallors tapping the hull of the 8-4 have secured the names of the ren still living.
Meanwhile, heavy seas have put 4 complete standstill to the rescue
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