MIKASA DISASTER.
A terrible SCENE.
MEN BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS. WATER CRIMSON WITH BLOOD. MANY MEN SCALDED TO DEATH By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Roooived 4.11 p.m., Sopt 17. Tokio, Sopt, 16Tho Mikasa had entered tho harbor for repairs and repainting whon tho fire ooourred. , Tho worst eoone was on the second deck, where tho majority were trying to extinguish tho flames. Here most of the casualties happened. Men were blown to fragments hundreds of yards into the water, which was crimsoned with their blood. A large percentage wore BCalded to doath, and were unidentifiable. Many were below battling with the flames whon the vessel foundered. “The report of tho explosions resounded from far distant hills.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19050918.2.20
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1561, 18 September 1905, Page 2
Word Count
115MIKASA DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1561, 18 September 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