FROM A LIVING TOMB.
SUNKEN SUBMARINE.
JAPANESE COMMANDER'S LAST DISPATCH. ASPHYXIATION CREEPING ON • • HIM.
Bj Telcurapli—Press Aeeocl&tlon—CoDyrlihl (Rec. April 21, 11.15 p.m.) Toklo, April 21. A touching sequel to the.sinking of the Japanese submarine off Hiroshima —by which the whole complement, three officers and eleven men, ,lost their lives —is provided by a document discovered in the refloated vessel. ■■
It is written by the lieutenant-com-manding, and gives details of the accident. Tho lieutenant describes tho cause, and the futile steps taken to endeavour to raise the submarine, and expresses regret at the losing of the boat and the lives of its officers and crew, whose heroism is worthy of the higheat praise. .
At the conclusion the writer states that he has reached such a stage of. asphyxiation that he is breathing only with the greatest difficulty. He prays the Mikado to succour the families of the officers and men who have perished.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 798, 22 April 1910, Page 7
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152FROM A LIVING TOMB. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 798, 22 April 1910, Page 7
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