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Sep 4, 2014 · Some recent articles have stated that Phillips sold the submarine in 1871 to a man who promptly sunk it, explaining the early newspaper reports of the sub being from that era, but Phillips was busy being dead by this time.
Oct 16, 2009 · Reports about the sub and its origins varied wildly at the time; one paper said that "an eastern man" (Phillips?) had sold it in 1870, but the Lodner Phillips in question died in 1869.
An article detailing the finding of The Foolkiller Submarine, the mysterious sub found in the Chicago River in 1915, has been dug up in the archives of the Chicago Examiner. Offhand, I think this is the first mention of it I’ve seen in a Chicago paper outside of the Trib.
the submarine ‘Fool Killer’ (if indeed this is what was actually discovered) found in the Chicago River in 1915 and put on exhibition in 1916 was or was not Lodner Phillips’ second submarine (it is said that he built four)...The reader will have to draw his own conclusions until proven otherwise.”
Oct 7, 2014 · What more did the museum have about Lodner Phillips? The curator directed me to a thin file containing a clutch of faded newspaper clippings; most published nearly a century earlier. From them I gleaned the basics of Phillips’ life—his date of birth, a list of his accomplishments, the year he died.
Jun 26, 1991 · The unmanned submarine, designed by inventor Lodner Phillips, sank during an 1853 attempt to find the steamer. More than 300 people are believed to have died in the sinking of the Atlantic, making it the fifth-worst shipping disaster in Great Lakes history.
Jan 23, 2015 · Chicago, Nov. 30 – It is feared that Peter Nissen has either drowned or frozen in his rolling balloon, which he dubbed “Foolkiller” – a name that now seems to have been well chosen. Nissen began his dangerous journey over the lake yesterday afternoon. No news has been had of him in 24 hours.
