The Archive · 1924

Disasters in Japan

Submarine Sunk in Coll Naval Airship Falls in Flames Bascho, Mar. 19.

Submarino 43, with a crow of four oticers and 49 mon, puddonsank 100 (10) miles outside the Jharbour here to-day, while undorgoing x speed tost, no a result of collision with' the warship Tatsuta.—Routor's Pacific Service.

The submarine, which had a dis ement of 600 tons, was com-bottom with a damaged conning

partment,. the occupants of whi Lower ad Seeded forward including the commander, are Tieved to be. dead. Communications Miro" been established tunder-water tslephono with the after-compartment and reveal that two engineer officers and 16 man are stil living, but ave facing a horrible death by slow tulfocation. Rescue work la being hurried on to enable aix thhes to be introduced, The collision occurred aa the verse! was coming to the surface, causing the breaking of a joint missioned in 1031.

for the rescue of the crow.—Rout- the Navy, {tse believed im nome Very little hope is ontortainea of the disigia" which one of er'g Pacific Service.

Tokio, Mar. 19. Another disaster befell the Navy to-day, when a dirigible of the "G9 typo suddenly caught fro and fell into a. forest in - the Tt is believed that the crow of five perished. Hitherto only" the ady of the commander haw been oun an xnaED, Later, The disaster is understood to Ihave boon duo to an explosion, The crow wore all Killed, That bodice have boon recovered.

The dir which waa 61 apotrce long, was imported from "Hutovs Pacific Service, england, three or four years ago.

Tt trans ping that Lieutenant 'Takahashi, Sub-Lieut, Kabdgiri Jand three others who were aboard the oirahip wore all' burned to Jdoath.—Eastorn Nows Agency.

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