EXPLOSION ON CRUISER.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19683, 29 July 1929, Page 9

EXPLOSION ON CRUISER.

SIXTEEN DEATHS. j NAVAL EXERCISE NEAR GREECE. (ttttk* ran* u*xht:,-!i-m ri.n-nuc TSLStjaAPH COTfIIOET '; July 2Sth, 5.5 p.m ; j LONDON', July 27. j The Admiralty reports that aa the result of an explosion on the cruiser Devonshire, in the Eastern Mediterranean, sixteen people are dead. Six wore killed outright, ten died of in- f juries, and nine others weri injured. ! Practically all are fron Phiuoutb. | The accident occurred during exercise | off Skiathos. off the eastern coast of Greece. It is understood that an I*ineh pun manned ly Marines exploded, j presumably as the result of a misfire or j a flare hack. The whole of the gunturret was blown away. j The wounded were placed aboard a j hospital ship in the Gulf of Volo.— Australian Press Association, United Service. IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT VOLO. < Be'eived July 29tb, IH.3© a.m. ) ATHENS, July 28. The Devonshire landed the bodies of the victims at Volo, where they will be. buried. Thera were most impressive scenes, townspeople rendering homage. Greek and British flags were flown at half-mast. The Queen Elizabeth, with Admiral Sir Mostyn Field aboard, i» coming, presumably to hold an enquiry.—Australian Press Association.

SUBMARINE DISASTER. LIEUTENANT DISMISSED FROM SHIP. LONDON, July 26. Tii© question of whether all important verbal message* were delivered to the commander of Submarine Ll2 a few minutes before it came into collision with Submarine H 47, was rained at a court-martial on Lieutenant Claud Keen, navigating officer of Ll2. who was charged with having caused a collision by failing to aToid H 47 and by a'.tering the course of Ll2 without warning the commander of H 47. Commander Oram said that he was positive that he did not receive the following message from the bridge: "H 47 is crossing our bow. Can we alow down?"

A signalman gave evidence that he heard the message passed below through the speaking-tube. Seaman Rogers ~ave evidenc* of taking the message. He passed it on to Commander Oram, who nodded his assent. Lieutenant Wine, who waa with lieutenant Claud Keen on the bridge, deposed that Keen sent the mensage down the voice-pipe. The Court found Keen guilty, and dismissed him from his ahip. alao severely reprimanding him.—Australian Press Association. United Service. iTwentv-four deaths resulted from a collision between submarine* Ll2 and H 47 on July 9th, off the coast of Wales, in St. George's Channel. H 47 sank immediately, only the command-ing-officer and a telegraphist Wing saved.]