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Show ALL HANDS LOST ON THE SUBMARINE AE-1 MELBOURNE, Australia, via London, Sept "0 Rear Admiral Sir George l'atey. commander of tho Australian navy, in a wireless dispatch to the government, states that submarine AE-1, which was reported vesterday as lost, disappeared with all hands on board. Otrrsr vessels of the fleet made a search, but failed to discover any wreck-i wreck-i age. The loss is attributed to accident, as there was no enemy within 100 miles and the weather was fine at the time. Tills is the first disaster In the history his-tory of the Australian navy. The AE-1 was under command of , Lieutenant Commander Com-mander Thomas F. Besant. |