At present, he continued, attempts were being made to raise the ship slowly, and she would gradually be towed a short distance, and beached.
Mr. Johnson advanced the opinion that the submarine was now full of water. He revealed that when the first two men were rescued, they came up through the escape hatch.
Four others tried to follow, but for some reason as yet unknown they were taken back into the submarine They were dead, he declared.
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