NOT DESIGNING
FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY ACTION DEFENDED. SUBMARINE DISASTER. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received June 12, 9.30 a.in. LONDON, dune 11. “I am not resigning'—not at the moment, anyway—because I love the job,” said Lord Stanhope, First Lord of flic Admiralt -y, in an interview with the London Sketch to-day. ]Le added: “I have done all I can. I know some newspapers iice- after my blood, contending I should have gone fo the Thetis d isaster iinmed ia f ely. “It would have required an extra tug which was much better employed in other tasks,” Lord Stanhope contained. “There is nothing I could have done. I was in constant touch with Devonport. Carbon monoxide gas, due to the fusing of the wires through the inrush of water, caused the deaths ol the occupants.” TIIETIS FlßEonly A GLOAV. LONDON, Juno 10. Leading-Stoker Arnold explained that he desired to allay the impression that the lire of the 'Dietis was anything more than a glow of fused wires and smoke. There was so little oxygen that a match would not have burnt. £35,C00 iir FUND. (British Official AYireloss.) Received June 12. 8.5 a.m. RUGBY. Juno 10. The Lord Mayor’s fund for the dependants of tho men lost in the submarine Thetis already amounts to £35,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 163, 12 June 1939, Page 7
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215NOT DESIGNING Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 163, 12 June 1939, Page 7
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