EXPLOSION ON THE MATSUSHIMA.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association-Hy Electric Telegraph Copyright.
MAJOKITY OF OFFICERS PERISH.
Received May 1, 8.40 a.m. TOKIO, April 30. The Matsushima was anchored off Makung, a town on the western coast of the principal island of the Pescadores, when her magazine exploded. The vessel foundered, only her bridge being visible. Two cruisers rescued one hundred and forty-one of the crew, including some officers, but the majority, including the captain, perished. The ship's complement of three hundred included fifty-eight cadets. It is feared that among the victims are 'he suns of Prince Oyama, who was commander-in-chief of the Japanese army during the RussoJapanese war.
A cablegram yesterday morning stated that an explosion sank the training" cruiser Matsushima, off the Pescadores Islands, in Formosa Channel.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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128EXPLOSION ON THE MATSUSHIMA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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