LOST SUBMARINE.
PROBABLE CAUSE OF MISHAP. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPTSIGHT.) '(aVSTBALIAX iSD K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.! LONDON, November 23. The ''Daily Express" publishes a letter from one of the crew of Ml, written to his home, describing an accident a few weeks previously. "When we dived," he says, "the motor burned out, causing tho hydroplanes to blow out, and the boat became uncontrollable. Wo wore then 80 feet down, and immediately dropped 120. Wo wero still falling,when tho captain ordered the tanks to bo blown up. Then we shot to the surface after dropping ISO feet." The "Express'' suggests that a similar accident caused Ml to rush for tho surface, and that while doing so she struck the Vidar with terrific force.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 9
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121LOST SUBMARINE. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 9
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