THE WRECK LOCATED.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10550, 5 February 1912, Page 5

THE WRECK LOCATED.

DETAILS OF THE COLLISION. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) I LONDON, February. 3. I The warship's tugs, which have | been carrying on .sweeping operations | despite snow, squalls, have located t-he sunken submarine in seven fathoms of water; close to the- spot I where submarine Al came to grief dn I 1904. Divers will descend at daybreak, but the strong current makes salvage difficult. H.M.S. Hazard was steaming at the rate of 10 knots wdien the sub- ; '!marine was attacking her. I The Hazard observed the*. A3 dive 2000 yards away, and she was not wen again, though the collision was felt. It was probably intended (to cross the Hazard's course and attack from the other side. Instead of this, the I ccnning-tower .struck' tie Hazard's \ side, and a blow from the gunboat's propeller, .gave . her the couip^de- ' grace. ..;..,'■/.". /•• '-■■-;■-. ■- (V vv- ■'■•■ The .'■'.%"- class„;of .submarine are not ; : •ftirnraK&d'..-,with, the'chemicalfespiratipn"helmets served- "t<£; tfie». aewei; ssalbmarints;. In any eassfe, the of water, would nave' the" -crew ..before helmets cotild have been donned."""' H - T'he fatal manoeuvre is q\iite conv iihon. The submarines carry out sim-i ilar exercises five days a week, often making twenty attacks. The so many officers were aboard was the fact, that they were undergoing an instructional course. Lieut. Omand, who had been marirkd only two : months, had replaced the companding officer, and'was absent on leave. . Lieut. Camnbell, one of the victims Has a, son of Mrs Patrick Campbell the well-known actress. Lieutr.. Ernest Thornton arid LeoI na-rd Richardson were also drownied. '