FACING DEATH
IN WRECKED SUBMARINE. FURTHER STORMS. DELAY RESCUE WORK. °T CABLE-PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYKIGUT NEW YORK, Doc. 20. With the issuance of storm warnin'* • <>r tire section where the submarine £4 was sunk, the rescuers believe the operations will have to b© suspended until there is better weather. The official in command of the rescue fleet said the .sea w.a« too rough for the ship Ealcom to remain at any one spot.
The last communicfation with the imprisoned men was held at 4.45 p.m., at which hour they gave themselves an hour and a quarter to live. Sister submarine SB, standing by at the spot, picked up the last hammered code message from the S 4 by means of the oscillator of the undersea telegraphing instrument. The message asked : “Is there any hope?”.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 December 1927, Page 5
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