The Archive · 1925

AMERICAN SUBMARINE' ACCIDENT

8-48 Stranded in Blizzard: Ship Doomed: Crew Taken Off 2 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Jan.30.

During a violent blizzard yesterday evening the submarine" S-48, with a crew of 25, ws stranded the rocks at Jaffee Point. Sh wirelessed that her position was "dangerous.

Vessels have not been able to reach the submarine owing to th blinding snow and hei seas. Efforts are being made to get a dreeehes buoy and a motor across the miles of snow-covere roads to shoot a marine, 'The lights of the submarine S-4 Gisappeared during the night, pro-ably. beesuse the batteries' gave out, but the crew signalled with pocket flashlights "need help badly.'

The yese at dawn was. seen partly submerged with a perceptible 8 it was resting on a mudbank. The crew wore taken off this ing suffering from exposes The submarine is leaking badly.

Reuter's American Service,

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