Tragedy Near Yokosuka out of Six Occupants June 6.
'The naval seaplane F. 5 exploded this morning and five of the occupants were killed, according to report of a Japanese' domestic new agency.
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The seaplane fell from an alti tude of 300 metres in the neigh bourhood of Yokosuka, and explode ed. Five of the six occupants, who were newly. graduated from an aviation school, were killed stantaneously, while the sixth was seriously injured and his condition is considered to be hopeless. The disaster is attributed to seasonal adverse currents and fog. "An I perial messenger has been despatched to Yokosuka to make an inguiry into the matter—Reuter's P:
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'The Eastern News Agency's Tokio correspondent says that a dirigible belonging to the Naval Air Force suddenly caught fire. Two sub-lieutenants, Maruyama' and Hayami, and three marines" were killed.
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