AN EXPLOSION.
DISASTER TO SUBMARINE,
By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright.
LONDON, Feb. 16. An explosion occurred aboard the submarine A 5 at Queenstown. Eleven officers and men were charging, .tanks with gasoline preparatory- to evolutions, when air explosion took place,, hurling the men in all directions.
A rescue party boarded the submarine; "when a second explosion, immediately. followed. Six men were killed, nine have been, picked up, and two are missing-., The submarine- is aflame inside.-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19050218.2.25
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1383, 18 February 1905, Page 2
Word Count
76AN EXPLOSION. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1383, 18 February 1905, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in