SUBMARINES IN COLLISION .
A SHAM FIGHT INCIDENT. tTniiad Pmi AteocUtion— Bγ £l«ctrio IWtgraph—Copyright. LONDON", Novembor 23. Renter's Toulon correspondent states that the submarines Bonite and Sonffleur, at a depth of 90 feet, collided during a shorn attack on the battleship Jaureguiberry, owing to an error of judgment on the part of the Bonito's commamder. When the Souiffleur'a oon-ning-tower vrae struck the vessel began to fill. She esoemled to the surface. The Bonite, in coming to her anoe, again collided with her. The rest of the fleet noticed 1 nothing, though the accident happened only 400 yards nivey. The submarines regrinod port safely.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12970, 25 November 1907, Page 7
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