The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
JAP SUICIDE
RAID HAS FAILED
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Macarthur said.
Tens Of thousands Of Sydney re9i-
dents heard the gunflre and explo-
sions Of depth charges In the short
but determined attack on the two
man submarines but few Of them
knew what was occurring.
Grandstand View
Passengers aboard the ferryboat,
however, had o grandStand view Of
the fight and were able TO see the
periscope and coming tower OF one
Jap submarine.
Phil Farmer, q Sydney fisherman,
said he was returning TO the harbor
from o fishing expedition when he
saw O. swirl OF bubbles in front Of
his launch.
''They were similar 10 the swirls
made by q whale" he said, "but !
thought II was q strange sort Of
whale because the bubbles weren't
moving along"
MacArthur's headquarters COM
Hnunique did not state that the three
Japanese submarines actually enter
ed Sydney Harbor but there was lit.
tie doubt that they had been at.
tackled inside, because the small
harbor vessel which they damaged
Is Of q type not allowed outside the
harbor proper.
1T was generally believed that
the three midget submarines were
launched from q mother ship some
where of the coast, because the
nearest Japanese bases are 1000
miles from Sydney-too far away for
two-r1an submarines to travel.
Macarthur called correspondents
to his headquarters to give them
this special coTnmunique:
I'm an attempted submarine raid
on sydney three enemy midget sub
marines are believed to have been
destroyed, one by gun fire and two
by depth charges.
Was Unsuccessful
'.The enerny's attack was com.
pletely unsuccessful. Damage was
confined to one small harbor vessel
Of no military Importance"
Hundreds Of people were crossing
the harbor In the feTyboat Karan-
gal when they heard two shots. AS
the blasts echoed from the famous
Heads" the great sandstone cliffs
at the habor mouth, they turned
curiously to see what guns were as
they thought, engaging In target
practice.
Then they saw searchlight beams
darting over the water, boxing OF
the entire harbor as they sought to
Ak on the enemy craft.
A beam conferred and the pasSen-
gers, from their grandstand, saw a
periscope and coming tower sill
houetteed.
"When we first saw the submarine
1t was travelling slowly up the main
channel toward the BRIDGE" o pas
senger said. This world famous 1000
foot bridge, often seen IN the movies
spans the harbor.
1.-THE guns started firing ct once.
Sirens Of the ships around US start
ed the shrek. Our ferry boat cap
tain was faced with an impossible
situation. The submarine was dead
ahead and he could not 60 forward
at the risk Of the lives Of all his
passengers. There was q gun Airing
just behind US and he could not 60
back.
"I1aen we heard the scream Of O
heavy shell and there was terrific
explosion.
'srhe submarine, It's perigcope and
coming tower showing gray n the
dazzling white beam Of the searchs
light, started slowly to submerge."
Lurking Outside
A farmer said he believed the
submarines had been lurking OUT
side. the harbor since afternoon,
awaiting their chance to enter.
II was outside the harbor heads,
returning from Q fishing trip" he
said. II was puzzled by bubbles
which I saw coming out Of the wa
ter, without apparent reason.
''When ! first noticed them they
were about so yards ahead Of me.
They were not moving and ]
passed right over them.
Two hours before his announce
ment Of the Sydney raid, MacAr-
thur had issued his regular com.
munique, No. As, from his south.
west Pacific United Nations head
quarters, reporting big Allied plane
raids on three Of the chief jap
anese invasion bases.
Dill and Koepang, the chief
towns respectively Of Portuguese
and Netherlands Timor island, and
Lac on the north coast Of New
Guinea, were the targets.
The Dill and Koepang raids were
made at night; that on Lac before
dawn yesterday. Dill had been at
tackled heavily Friday night.
In the new raids, Allied planes
centered on the harbor area ct Dill
and on the airdronle ct Koepang.
At Lac, they hurled bombs directly
on the alrdrome runway and on the
dock area, and started fires In
buildings. One enemy plane tried
10 intercept ct Lac. It was driven
OF.
Regular Communique
MacArtliur's regular comnunique
said:
Northwestern sector
~Timor: Koepang-Olir air force
made Q night attack on the arr
drome. Bombs were dropped In the
target area. Poor visibility pre-
vented observation Of results. Dill
I'm another night attack our air
force dropped bombs b the wharf
area.
Northeastern sectcK
NEW Guinea: Lee Allied bomb