Tragedy of the War
TORPEDOING OF JAPANESE FREIGHTER BATAVIA, Nov. 20. Nearly 7000 Allied prisoners of war and Indonesians were drowned when an Allied submarine off the west coast of Sumatra torpedoed a 6000-ton Japanese freighter last year ¥■ A survivor, Hans Garschagen, of Dutch Airlines, said that two huge explosions shook the'* ship, and Commander Upton, R.N., took command, shouting orders from the bridge. Thousands of coolies were drowned in the holds. Hundreds who jumped overboard tried to reach an escort ship. Many were hauled aboard, but the Japanese suddenly decided to make no further rescues and began cutting off the hands of those who tried to grasp the sides of the ship or the rafts. Only about 100 of 725 British and Dutch survivors are now alive. The others died from the effects of their ordeal.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 277, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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