SINKING OF MAJESTIC.
NOT A MOMENT OF PANIC.
FRENCHMAN'S TRIBUTE.
(Received Juno 15, 1.30 a.m.)
Paris, June 14.
A French officer, describing the sinking of the Majestic at the Dardanelles, says that as the vessel heeled to port everything on the decks slid down with a tremendous din. There was not a single instant of panic, the crew calmly awaiting the critical moment. Four minutes after the explosion the Majestic foundered. Six hundred men were thrown into the sea and a number became entangled in the torpedo nets. The French ships' boats participated in the fine rescue work.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15944, 15 June 1915, Page 8
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