THE TORPEDOED KYARRA
STATEMENT BY AN OFFICER. By Telcgraph-rrcss Association Auckland, July 2!). Aitwiffiwr of the A.U.S.N. Company's ICyana, which war lorpdoed in the English Channel on May 21, in an interviov, stated that the vessel was to have gone from Lomlou to Australia with Australian troops. She was going down tho Channel when a terrific explosion occurred in the engiucroom, and ihe vessel' immediately started to settle down. Steam pipes were blown out, and the stokehold crew was killed by tho explosion and the iurush of water. Five minutes after the torpedo struck her tho Kyarra filled. The starboard boats wero lowered, and tho crew embarked. Tho vessel sank fourteen minutes after being hit. Tho crew lost all their personal effects, but they were dressed. All were landed safely.
Fourteen officers and men of the Kyarra arrived .by the Makura, en route for Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 266, 30 July 1918, Page 4
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145THE TORPEDOED KYARRA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 266, 30 July 1918, Page 4
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