HIROSHIMA DISASTER
JAPANESE LIEUTENANT’S STORY.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.
PARIS, May 28. Tho newspapers aro publishing tho full text from Japanese newspapers of a letter written by the lieutenant of the Japanese submarine which sank during manoeuvres recently.
While manoeuvring off Hiroshima a Japauese submarine dived and failed to ri«o. When she was raised some hours afterwards the officers and crow, numbering fourteen, were dead, A document found In the vessel, written by tho lieutenant in charge, described tho cause of the accident and the futile steps taken to endeavour to raise the submarine, and expressed regret at the losing of the boat and tho lives of its officers and crew,, whose heroism was worthy of tho highest praise. At tho conelusion tho writer stated that lie had reached such a stage of asphyxiation that iio was breathing only with tho greatest difficulty. Hq prayed the Mikado to succour the families of tho officers and men' who perished. :
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7140, 30 May 1910, Page 7
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