LORD KITCHENER'S DEATH
LOSS OF. THE HAMPSHIRE
A SURVrVOR'S ACCOUNT
J)NLY ;.ONE HATCH 'OPEN
(UNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW 2BAI.AND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 30, 1 p.m.) _' . LONDON, 27th December. ! ''The Manchester Guardian publishes additional details of the wreck of H.M.S. Hampshire. A warrant officer who was among the survivors states that the ship 'sarik J;in'less' than-five minutes. Lord Kitchen 0r,., contrary _to the earlier -reports; did not'appeal- on deck. Everything aboard had been lashed down owing to the great storm, and only one hatoh-way was open, and it was blocked by those who tried to escape. An attempt, /was-made to open others, but there was not sufficient time. The informant, . included in a party of eighty, clung to a raft for five hours. Seventysix men died or were swept off the raft, arid the survivors were blown ashore, numb.and bleeding, in a steep rocky inlet. Two other rafts reached the shore,. and ■ there was a total of twelve survivors. All the officers were lost. The 'informant is satisfied-that the warship was sunk by a*mine.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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174LORD KITCHENER'S DEATH Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1918, Page 8
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