SUBMARINE TRAGEDY
“IS THERE ANY HOPE?” (Australia & N.Z. Cable Associate.) NEAV YORK, Dec. 19. AVit-li the issue of storm warnings for the section where the occurred, the rescuers believe that operations will have to he suspended until there is better iieutliei, An official in command of the rescue fleet said the sea was too rough for diving operations, and too rough for the ship Falcon to remain in any one spot. The last communication with the imprisoned men was at 4.45 p.m. at which hour they gave themselves an hour and a-quarter to live. The sister .submarine, SB., standing by the Spot, picked up the last hammered code message from the 5.4 by means of an oscillator undersea telegraphy instrument. The message asked: “Is there any hope?”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1927, Page 2
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127SUBMARINE TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1927, Page 2
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