Japanese Steamer Sunk By Floating Mine
PROTEST TO RUSSIA Received Thursday, 11.60 p.m. TOKIO, Nov. 6. The Japanese steamer Kibi Maru (4522 tons) plying between Sedshin and Tsuruga and carrying 342 passengers struck a floating mine overnight and sank within half an hour. Seventeen were drowned and 19 injured.
The Japanese Government has sent a protest to Russia alleging that the sinking was caused by a Russian mine.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 265, 7 November 1941, Page 5
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