THE SINKING OF THE MAJESTIC
FRENCH OFFICER'S STORY (Rcc. June 15, 1.10 a.m.) Paris, Juno 14. A French officer, describing the sinking of the British battleship Majestic by a submarine in the Gulf of Saros says: '-'As the \o?sel liccled to port, everything on the decks slid with a tremendous din. There was not a single instant of panic. The crew stood calmly ;iwaiting the critical monterit. "Four minutes after the explosion th 6 Majestic foundered, and six hundrod men wore thrown into the sea. A number were entangled in the torpedo nets. Our Alps' hoatt participated la 6ne natows w«rlSi"
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 5
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