ALL HOPE ABANDONED FOR SUBMARINE CREW Sixty-five men dead in Truculent sinking
OPERATIONS ABANDONED
Chatham, January 13.
The Admiralty tonight announced that there is no hope of any fur- ther rescues of the crew of the submarine Truculent, rammed last night by a Swedish tanker in the Thames Estuary.
55 of them are believed to be Sixty five men perished in the disaster --
still entombed in the hull of the submarine on the muddy bed of the Thames Estuary
ATLANTIC SEARCH FOR SHIP
Boston, January 13
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RB MacLarkin. Heuter's cur- respondent with the rescue fleet, cabled this story
"Searchlights dabbed through the dunk on this bleak estuary eyes
tonight as rescuers, their
with booth!
straplesancas, con- Lnked then efforts to Nirve the The unkn entorbed m114- sutnearthe Truculent
"The most disconsolate note in a scene' already heavy with the sight of flags tragedy was
the 40 ships
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THE HONG KONG SUNDAY HERALD, JANUARY 15, 1930,
Truculent's fine record in Pacific
London, January, 13. The Britlah' submarine "Trueulant, which sank off the mouth of the Thames aftor a collision on Thursday night, went at least 20 Japan- was ships to the bottom In World War Two!
She also laid mines off the Island of Penang, the Inh. portent Malayan tin and rub. ber shipping centre, and car. ried out several secret opera.... tions.
Truculent was patrol. Typa undersea boat, Isfunchad #t Barrow
1942. Bhe operated on the Russian cön. voy route during 1943 and the following year was sont to the Far Enet.
In one attack on a Japanose convoy, Truculent dived af ter firing her torpedoes and hit the sos bottom at only 30 foot. She stuck in the mud but depth charges fired by the Japanese warships in the
shook convoy
her 10080.-- Associated Press.
VIETMINH ATTACK REPULSED
DRAMATIC TALE OF ESCAPE OUT OF SUBMARINE
Chatham, January 13.
"wo lived in hopes,” Able Scaman; E.D. Chariton said today, recalling with a wan smile how ho and eight companions oscaped from the roar,
sunkon compartment of the
submarine Truculent. AB Cheriton and six companions -two civilians were absent related a heart-stopping story of how they groped their way from the ocean bottom to safety. They spoke to over 50 re- porters, newsreel and radio correspondents at Chatham Naval Barracks.
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They were taken off the They were dressed in a motley destroyer on which they had collection of old clothes, obviously i been patients since they were whipped together to replace those
soaked by their immersion, picked up Inst night.
The sum of their storics told how, after the submarine was wrecked with its first sickening lurch at 7.00 p.m., they llued up to walt their turn through the scape hatches.
They explained that once they pot to the surface they tried to stlok together but gradually in the Inky darknem drifted apart. They were picked up at vary- ing intervals by the Swedish Between 8.10 p.m. and 8.20 pn-finnker which collided with the all of them were floating in the Truculent. freezing wate
water free of the terror
of underwater death,
The nine inen whe
were trapped in the
The escape hatch through which escaped they made their way to freedom
wide. two after in 24 inchies
There are
| compartments--the engine room almilar hatches in other compart-
and engineers' mess deek-when ments. Special damage the submarine sank,
control Saigon, January 13.
lights giving a weak illumination Villagers. supported hy
"We all {{uced up
as though burned during the operation. Some special French and Vietnamese troops, waiting for a bus," said Cook R. of the men also carried drove off Vietminh forces who Fry. He grimly recounted how waterproof torch lights,-Associat- attacked the village of Thotang. the men methodically lumed the el Press.
valves which partially noorled South West of Vinh Yen, 23
both compartments as miles North West of Hanoi, step in the Davies escape French communique announced cedure Lochay.
Then,
the frat
Pro
holding tightly onto dead averisend pipes and covering up
with their anxiety
Jokes. The one by one dived under the surface of the water let Into the compartment and into about 18 bottom of the escape halch, emerging through a layer of pro- successfully lective upper nic info
the water
wan
Thu altackors left four and one mesta: behind.
Another Vietrich lack was alors reported to have been beaten of by a self-defence group, in the Imunch zig-ked village of Dra Tang, the sim, grey warships,
miles South West of Hanol.
Freneti (the tags, and the black and yel-
planes bow ghirts, we
bombed an important mes frst- NSW ang on the rails, saw theth shakery in Vielinink-held The epile
Kunly 214 we alleni
The communique said, "What hope
The Victrum Ministry of In- "One rain, We have found no formation today suspended until Evers hour that further notire four Vietnamese sign of life yet
pushes makes it is opeless newspapers published here.
The Ministry gave its for the suspension as
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From another boat a frogman, flooded appearing on the deck like sinne
from a tan Rotene sreature chat great Roshan he hate
real stastie tale, slipped into the water.onised Vietnam's independener Twar Sakes Weel that
water ping
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Halifax ordered rise of its planes
Greenwood,
at
Novn Sentia,
to fly to Greenland and hade in The search.
1
Other planes in the seach from the . S. Air Force Cast- Associated Press.
JAP GUARANTEE
FOR INVESTORS
' ly
Swedish ship arrested
Survivor who were landed
above,
Caught on wire
Pos
SUICIDE OF EX-ATTACHE
of u
London, January 13 Alexandre Blano, 54-year-old at the Rum- the former Attache
amian Legation here, who was found dead in the gas-filled |
West-End London flat on Monday, had his cara plugged, a small toy dog rested on his chest and an alarm clock was beside him on the floor, a police officer said at the inquest today
Some of them wore Davies ɑzy- gen helmets.
went
smoothly."
Others merely held their breath and went through.
Biano's wife, Winifred, said that "Everything
on January 8 her husband tried one ol
of the survivors,
to
Laking commit sulekle by Smoothly, that is, except for sleeping tablets In Paris where tounie-haired A. E. Messman, be was formerly Rumanino
engine room Purser. He Charge d'Affaires,
reasons
-The newspapers pubiinheel Tetterd and articles by students that could harm the March agreement, by which France re-
wakd
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down to was pumpe divers from the Admiralty Integrity.
the ceaskonal
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within the French Union.
As they starle
appearanceX
2.--They also published ports on the January between students and police
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clashe
at the Chatham Daval brec wider this evening said they believed one could almost see them shaug this shoulders hopelessiv that to more men would bebeneath their thick trappings found ative They said that all "From two destroyers starling
untlooded parts by the men
morse signals Bashed almost
the
Some
te-
of the submarine must have en onetanty. Naval ratings in the Caprih
divers boat carrying the swered gently with sentupime flaus
10 the
surface
tren to have to HAVE the tide
swept away In
Admuradty fought endrend
Seal her t
the
the
Heavy silence
the
any depend warrant to be tuuled to
in the afternoon if "Unud Tale the toast of the #43-ten Swedish
Davia. which had been hoped to raise the sun- meden
A dumpy. yel- sur les after seven o'clock. Last submarine
with the surfaced low and black ship named sim- right
"Lifeline" stood by ready to pty Truculent and
sing
under Truculent and cables | Quthimmy
tift
surface. the Tare
10 su Five men wandied from the deck
when the tiivers reported that the of the Tuculent were mamediate-
be hopeless terkend
by up
attempt would Duleta Tokyo, January 14.
which flashed ship rotsed anchor and retreated The Japanese Government steamer Alnak,
of the tragedy to to the outskirts of the vessels will guarantee foreign investors the Arm new
ringing the submarine's positan The Bugue.
"Another
ship, with the right to take prohits out of Ten other
wreck huge derricks rearing from her Japan, or even withdraw theater.
decks. appeared on the BECNE: then was orderest to stand off.
"Out beyond the circle of ships pilot vessel steamed Around,
divert normal shipping from the
capital.
drafted
sunder
plans
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up
wicked
Divers who went down at dawn
Salkon after a South Vietnam
(Cochin-China) Goverment
or-
ler had compelled every news- gaper to submit proofs and de-. lete certain false reports regard. g the number of casualties. Heuter.
MESSERSCHMIDT
IN INDIA
the went through the escape process
The Coroner returned a verdict safely without benefit of an ale of suicide when 'balance of maak-than white he rose to Blano's mind was isturbed. wards the surface his body was
caught on a guy wire,
Mr. John Mosley, in whose Ant Biano had been staying, snid bai
"How long did it take you to had heard of a suicide attempt get free?!!
"I thought it was
two hours,"
by Blano about two years age Piano had told him he was sorry
he said. "But it must have been that attempt had not succeeded. Just a couple of minutes."
Mr. Mosley said he handed over the police three letters he
There may have been others to who escaped through the batch found in an attache case. but were never rescued, the sur vivors said One
read
These letters were not man is known in Court but the Coroner referred
to have been swept out of the arms to one as important.-Reuter.
Room of his comrade, Engine
Bombay, January 13. Artficer E. C. Buckingham, and Professor Will Messerschmidt, carried away by the tide.
Little doubt
The survivors left little doubt
German plane designer who "I tried to hold onto him, but Berived in Bombay yesterday, told could not," said Buckingham, journalists before leaving for New But Deth today that he is ignorant the of the purpose and duration of This visit to Indin,
Some earlier reports had said in the minds of their questioners that they believed the remaining that he will design aircraft But
three compartments of the sub- others reported that he is to ad-
the impact-lad vise the Government prefa- | marin bricated houses. "All I can say la that I have been invited by the Indian Government and it is only when I get to Delhi that Inquiry, met the reporters while shall know the exnet nature of they were drinking tea around a my mission," he said.-Associated | bhre table in a second Boor room Presa
of one of the barracks.
being encourage capital, from vessels of the quickly in- the news agency Kyndu reports bilised "Subspins" rene
'The Government would also reported that four of the sunken guarantee the conversion vfcraft's compartments were flood-placing green buoys in position to Japanese you to the foreign cur- ed.
renev required.
These particular
Passing from stem to stern of guarantees the vessel they knocked against
scene.
would apply only to investments her sides but gol no answering day deepened into night, lights
marte since Japan's surrendei,
There would be no guarantees
on the oftered
withdrawn of capital, however, until it had been in Japan for at least invested three to five years.-Reuter.
BONGKONG
SHANGHAI
signals.
Chains down
"As the grey mists of n winter
glewned out one by one from the anchored vessels, their reflections Bawhing back from the water. Divers have got chains down, | Compared with the drabness af but an Admiralty spokesman said day it looked almost a gay scene. that it would be a minimum of But over it all hung the heavy three 10 Four days before they silence of tragedy." could hope to bring the Truculent
the surface.
The Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Osten M. Lundborg, called at Crews of the rescue ships were the Foreign Office today to convey | pessimistic but unslackening in the sympathy and condolences of their labour.
the Swedish Government on the
One man said: "The situation loss of Truculent-Reuter,
on
marine-ncareat been flooded.
The man, who wil testity at Chotham tomorrow in an official
Calcutta, Junuary 13.
arrested 12 The police here people and seized some Commu-
series of nist literature in
throughout ralds on hide-outs the city. Reuter.
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