COMMANDER FOUND AT STEERING GEAR.
BODIES OF CREW ARE RECOVERED FROM SUBMARINE.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received August 20. 1 pm.) LONDON, August 19. The cruiser Champion, now at Portsmouth, will convey the remains of members of the crew of the submarine L 55 from Eckronstadt if arrangements are able to be made with the Soviet.
The Riga correspondent of “ The Times" states that the bodies have been placed in coffins. The commander was found at the steering gear, and the men’s caps bear the names of sixteen warships. The men’s belongings, such as watches and knives, are being registered for return to their relatives. —“ Times ” Cable.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18545, 20 August 1928, Page 10
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