DUTCH NAVAL MUTINY
BOMB ON SEVEN PROVINCES
NATURE OF DAMAGE
BATAVIA, February 11.
In a further report of the surrender of the mutinous native- naval ratings aboard the cruiser Seven Provinces, the Navy Department states that the bomb entered the v cruiser on the port side, forward of the forward funnel, causing great panic among the ratings gathered on the main desk. Several holes were blown in the upper deck and the funnels were riddled, but otherwise the ship was not damaged.
A lieutenant standing on the poop was wounded in the leg by a fragment of the bomb.
The divisional commander at Batavia announces that no private persons will be admitted to Onnist Island, which is portion of the defence zone.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1933, Page 7
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