OCR Text |
Show 17 OFFICERS WENT DOVN WITH THE CRUISER NATAL LONDON. .Ian. .1. 6:"n p. m. Seventeen Seven-teen officers, inclu'riing .'aptmn Eric Back and Chaplain A Igemon S. O. Sw et and nine warnm! officers, were lost when the cruiser N':ttai suik Thursday "while in a i harbor", as .the result of an internal ex- ; plosion,. ; ' Captain Back Js remembered fnr bis ! connection in September. Iftl.. wiih a sprint of l0f yards agair.st Rear Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot. made in fulfillment fulfill-ment of a bet by' them twr-ntv year. pre- ; viously. Rear Admiral Ar'vMhnot was 49 years old and I'ap'ain B.-k JS. T'"e race . was run at Fortsmmith. l-"na!aii'i. and Captain Back won by a yard in the excellent ex-cellent time of 11 seconds. |