A DRIFTED BUOY.
200 DEATHS IN TEN YEARS
LONDON, Jan. 17. The victims include Commander Wellman and Sub-Lieutf. Morrison The sea was moderate. The sub-' marine, which was accompanied by the Pigmy, attached to the sea-going depot ship Firth; dived for the purpose of firing: her torpedoes- She remained; under for an unusual time. The Pigmy's officers grew alarmed and'endeavored to communicate with hor, 'but did not elicit any response: Ominous, bubbles rose upon the smooth swell over a rocky bottom, and the warship placed a buoy to mark the' spot. The buoy drifted away and was not found.
Prompfc salvage efforts were continued fruitlessly under the searchlight. '. , .! The officials kfcate that rescue is practically hopeless. The submarine's oxygen was sufficient to last for six hours. ..... Two hundred have perished in. ten years in seven British tyid nine foreign submarine accidents.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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141A DRIFTED BUOY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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