QUICK DISASTER
SUGGESTED AT THETIS INQUIRY NO ANSWER TO TAPPING ON HULL. FURTHER EVIDENCE HEARD. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 4. At the inquiry into the Thetis disaster, Lieutenant Woods, describing his escape in a Davis jacket, said Stoker Arnold, who followed him, thought he saw sparks and smoke through the escape chamber scuttle, and when no others followed witness suggested tapping the hull to let those imprisoned know that help was at hand. This was at 10.15 a.m.. and there came no answer so presumably the occupants were dead. Lieutenant Woods added that when he escaped the distress of the others was very bad. Many of them were too weak to make their escape. SALVAGE DELAYED STRONG. WINDS HINDER WORK. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, July 4. Today’s Thetis report was that strong winds had prevented the placing of lifting wires under the submarine.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1939, Page 6
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155QUICK DISASTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1939, Page 6
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