Crew and Families Left to Drown: 300 Die Hongkong, Sept. 27.
The s, Scharnhorst arrived here today with ten Chinese picked up at sea, who claimed they were the sole survivors of a total crew of more than 300-persons of twelve fishing junks, which were attacked by a Japanese submarine off Cheelongkau Point on September 22.
According to their story, the junks were fishing peacefully when the submarine rose to the surface of the water half a mile away. It steamed tp close to the junk fleet and, opening fire, "mercilessly sunk junk after junk, leaving the helpless wounded and" dying crews struggling in the water. One junk only managed to host its sails and escape midst the carnage."
The ten survivors, most of whom are wounded, have been sent to hospital. An enquiry by the Hongkong police is now proceeding as, it is understood, some of, he junks were registered in Hongkong.
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