"I must see
how badly we are damaged!"
CHAPTER XXIV
THE TREASURE-SHIP
Sudden and forceful had been the underwater collision in which
the M. N. 1 had participated. Either the lookout, aided though he
was by the focused rays of the great searchlight, had failed to
notice some obstruction in time to signal to avoid it, or there
was an error somewhere else. At any rate the submarine had rammed
something--what it was remained to be discovered.
"Bless my shotgun," cried Mr. Damon, "perhaps it was one of
those big whales, Ned!"
"It didn't feel like a whale," answered the young financial
man.
"And it wasn't!" declared Tom, who was hastening to the engine
room. "It was too solid for that."
Following the collision there had been considerable confusion
aboard the vessel. But discipline prevailed, and now it was
necessary to determine the extent of the damage. This, Tom and
his officers and crew proceeded to do.
There were automatic devices in the various control cabins, as
well as in the main engine room, which told instantly if a leak
had been sprung in any part of the craft.
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