AT HIS POST.
THE PLUVIOSE AND HER DEAD. By TcleeraDh-Presß Aeeociation-CoDyrlelit Paris, June 12. Tho French submersible Pluviose, which was sunk in the Channel by the steamer Pas de Calais, with the loss of 27 lives, and which was raised after some difficulty, has been taken into dry dock. When the conning tower was opened the helmsman was found at his post. The body was removed. Doctors state that the man died from suffocation. The rising tide caused the suspension of operations. I DEATH BY DROAVNING. (Bee. June 13, 11.45 p.m.) Paris, June 13. Six more bodies' have been recovered through the conning tower of the submersible Pluviose. The doctor's diagnosis shows that the victims met a speedy death by drowning. Commander Gallot was found with both hands on tho periscope. The Pluvioso was struck I>y the Pas de Calais at 1.52 p.m., and Commander Gallot's watch.stopped at 2.10 p.m. Tho tide again interrupted salvage operations. !
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 842, 14 June 1910, Page 5
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156AT HIS POST. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 842, 14 June 1910, Page 5
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