SURVIVORS' TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
ALL OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS LOST
. (Australian - New Zealand Cable Association.) , (Received November 2, 10.30 a.m.) - '-, ■ a • ", W ."'' ' " LONDON, Ist November. ! - A survivor from the Marina states that tho men in the boats had a terrible e.xperience, r being almost perished with cold. They were iv the boats seventeen and a-half hours before being picked up. The second mate Robertson, .was crushed to death between the boat and the ves=el . ■ A member of the crew saw two.submarines. The Marini quicl.ly broke up . after two explosions It is not certain whether the second explosion was due to,the boilers exploding. . Captain Browne saw everyone into the boats and then jumped, but missed the boat and was drowned. A torpedo exploded among the bunkeis, and disabled the engines. Several men were killed in the stokehold and some were scalded. Three boats got .away, but.the fourth was smashed. The explosion wrecked the wireless. None or the engineers or officers were saved.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 107, 2 November 1916, Page 7
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