From the Jan. 28, 2013, Yahoo! News, AP "Experts find new evidence in submarine mystery" by Bruce Smith.
Ever since the civil War, people have wondered what sank the H.L. Hunley, killing its 8-man crew in the process. A lot of theories have been set forth. But now, scientists think they were killed by their proximity to the torpedo explosion.
They were less than twenty feet away when it exploded. That explosion may have knocked the crew members unconscious long enough so that they might have died before awakening. This is based on work now being done on the spar, an iron pole, that held the torpedo on the front of the submarine.
For years, people have thought that the Hunley was much farther away when the explosion took place and ran out of air before returning to shore.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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