MARINE DISASTERS
AMERICAN CRUISER ASHORE Washington, January .14. The cmisor Milwaukee went ashore on the Californiau coast ivliilo attempting to salvage a submarine. Three hundred of tho crew wore α-emoved in a raging surf; tho otbcis are still aboard. The. cruiser nmy become - a total loss. —Aiis.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. [The Milwaukee (finished in September, 1004) is an armoured cruiser of tho first class, -with a displacement of 9700 tons and a complement of 5(>4 men. Her length is 424 ft. (water-line); beam, Hsft.; and maximum draught, 23} ft. She is armed with fourteen 6ineh guns, eighteen 3-inch, and four 3poundcrs.] , JAPANESE BATTLESHIP SUNK Vokosuka, January 14. Tho battleship Tsukuba was sunk by an explosion. There were 300 casualties. [The Tsukuba (finished in December, 1905) had a normal displacement of 13,750 tons, and with a full lead 15,150 tons. Her complement vtas 817 men. Her length (water-lino) was 440 ft., beam 75ft.,'. mean draught 26ft. She carried four 12-inch, .twelve 6-inch,, twelve 1.7-inch, four 14-pounders, three' 3-pounders, and. four, machine-guns. At Yokosuka, in Saganui, there are Imperial dockyards-!
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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177MARINE DISASTERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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