SALVAGE IN A WEEK.
Raising Sunken Submarine Squalus. VALVE FAILURE DOUBTED. Independent Cable Service. XEW YORK, May 28. The task of raising the submarine Sfjualus. with, her 20 dead, is expected to be completed within a week. Sixty-three divers. with the most modern equipment and giant pontoons, have been assembled at the scene of the sinking. The manager of the Portsmouth Xavy Yard. Captain H. Greenlee, doubts the earlier explanations of how the disaster occurred, and declares what has been said about an induction valve failing to close is mere conjecture. All but two of the 33 rescued members of the crew have returned to duty.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 124, 29 May 1939, Page 9
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106SALVAGE IN A WEEK. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 124, 29 May 1939, Page 9
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