WENT OFF TOO SOON
EXPLOSION ON SHIP KILLS FOUR BLUEJACKETS ACCIDENT AT PRACTICE HONG-KONG, Monday. Four men were killed and three others were seriously injured by the premature explosion of a depth-charge on board the British destroyer Sepoy when she was exercising outside HongKong today. Two of the bodies were blown from the deck. They -were recovered by the destroyer Sterling, which was in the vicinity. Those killed comprised a gunner, a petty officer and two seamen, and those injured two seamen and a petty officer. The Sepoy was not much damaged.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 9
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92WENT OFF TOO SOON Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 9
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