Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-26
1904.

| 1904.
| March M f9ritisD sunk BIZ liner
| Berwick Castle off isle of Wight Lieu.
tenant Mansergh and 10 men drowned
June 29.-Russiaa submarine Dolphin
sank 1t her mornings in Neva, st
Petersburg. Lieutenant and 20 mer
were drowned. The accident was caus-
ID by the splashing OF water through
IN open hatehway.
1906
February lG.-A5 G3ritish) blew up in
Qaeenstown after taking on seven tons
of gasoline. Seven of crew killed.
June s.-AS tBritisD sank off Ply
mouth Fifteen drowned.
July 6.-Farfadet (French1 could not
rise after a dive off Bizerta. Tunis,
owing to the coming tower not being
closed securely. The LITTLE vessel re
NAMED at the bottom for ~ hours, and
when il was brought to the surface l.
of her crew he'd died.
November 16.-A4 (British) sunk, but
all on board were saved.
1906.
October 16.--Lutin (French sank in
a submersion trial in Bizcrta Harbor
and did not rise OWING to 4 defect
Fourteen drowned.
1907.
January 11.--lrench submarine Al
gerian sank at her moorings at Cher
bourg. No lives lost.
January 11.-F'rench submarine X
became unmanageable at sea off
Cherbourg, but was rescued in time by
torpedo boats. No lives lost.
June 13.-CS (British) explosion of
two men at Plymouth.
March 5.-Gymnote French) struck
a rock under water, but reached shore
safely after several plates had been
ripped. No loss of life.
1908.
September 1S.-American suhmar-
ines Grampus and Pike damaged by
explosion on barge To which they Were
tied in Mare Island Navy Yard Yard.
One man killed and several We're in
jured.
October 10-crews Of the United
States submarines Cutuefish. Octopus
and Viper We're much affected by poi
sonous gases generated on n run from
New York to Norfolk
October 15.--French submarine
Fresnel ran into jetty and sank al
most Immediately. Crew rescued by
steamer.
1909.
April 26.-Foca Qtalian), explosion
of gasoline on board killed seven OF
crew. Like the British C5. the Foca
had taken on supply of gasoline, the
gas of which was ignited by a cigar
cite.
med by warship off Sebastopol. Crew
of Il drowned
July 14.-C11 CBritish) run down by
steamer Eddystone in North Sea,
Thirteen drowned
August 14.-Explosion of Russian
submarine Dragon killed one and in
jured fourteen, including Engineer
Joseph Meads Of Baltimore, who was
in charge of the motors.
1910.
April 15.--Japanese submarine Ne
6 could not rise after dive during
maneuVers, and Lieutenant Sakuma
| and crew of IA We're asphyxiated. AZ
| ter the boat was raised a diary was
found in the tower in which Lieu
tenant Sakuma described the sensa
| ton as death approached.
May 26.-French submarine PluViose
| sunk in collision with mail boat Pa
de Calais off Calais. Crew of q
drowned.
August al tBritish) again snf-
fered an explosion, which mortally in
jured two officers and five men.
1911.
January 11-German submarine Us
sank to bottom of Kiel Harbor
Twenty-seven of the 30 men aboard
saved themselves by putting on suits
and helmets made for the purpose
| and shooting themselves through the
torpedo tube to the surface, where
their suits kept them ailoat until aid
arrived The three officers who re-
manned aboard were found dead the
next morning.
February 2.-A3 tBritish) sunk by
battleship Hazard off the Isle OF
Wight. Fourteen men, including four
officers, were drowned.
June French submarine yende-
miare rammed by the battleship st.
Louis during maneuyers at Cher
bourg. Two officers and % men
drowned. ~
October 4.-B2 (British) cut in two
by the Hamburg American liner
Amerika off the coast of Kent. Fiji
teen officers and men drowned. Lieu
tenant Richard I. Pulleyne was the
only survivor.-EIouston Post.
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