AWAITING DEATH
THE RAMMED SUBMARINE ROUGH WEATHER HINDERS RESCUE. Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, December 19. With the issuance of storm warnings for the section where tho disaster occurred the rescuers believe that the operation will have to be suspended until better weather prevails. The official in command of the rescue fleet said that the sea was too rough for diving operations and too rough for the ship Falcom to remain at any one spot. The last communication with the imprisoned men was at 4.45 p.m,, at which hour they gave themselves an hour and a quarter to live. Tho sister submarine, SB, standing by tho spot, picked up a hammered code message, which asked; “Is there any hope?”
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Evening Star, Issue 19745, 21 December 1927, Page 5
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120AWAITING DEATH Evening Star, Issue 19745, 21 December 1927, Page 5
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