VON LUCKNER NOT ABOARD
SURVIVOR’S STATEMENT. BERLIN, July 27. Forty-survivors arrived at Kiel on board the cruiser Kocln. They con firm the statement that Count von Luekner was not on board the Niobe. The Koeln is continuing the search, but there is little fiope of survivors. Two admirals visited the scene. They state that no blame is attached to the captain. The squall was so sudden that there was no possibility of manoeuvring. Everything happened so quickly that the order to don lifebelts and lower the boats could not be eye cuted. The majority of the victims were below, attending a lecture prior to their final examinations. According to eye-witnesses most of the portholes were open. The vessel nnk in two minptes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 7
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