SUNK BY EXPLOSION.
... .T- j — THE LOSS OF THE MATSDSHIMA. CREAT LOSS OF LIFE. VICTIMS INCLUDE SONS OF PRINCE ' (JVAIIA. OT XELEGBAPn—riIESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Tckio, April 30. The cruiser Matsushima, which was sunk , by an explosion, -was anchored oif Makung, a town on tho western coast of the principal . island of the Pescadores. . . : ' When her magazine exploded, tho vessel . foundered, only her 'brjdgc .being visible. Two cruisers rescued one hundred andfortyono of the crow, including some officers, but the majority, including the captain, perished. Tho ship's complement.of three hundred included fifty-eight cadets. / It is feared that among the victims aro tho' sons of Prince .Oyarna, who was commander-in-chief of tho Japanese Army during tho Russo-Japanese war. , Thirteen months ago the Matsushima visited Wellington in company with the Hashidate and Itsukuskima. "■ '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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130SUNK BY EXPLOSION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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