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Show 113 Men Trapped In Japanese Man O'War Three Rescued Alive; At Least 15 Men Are Believed To Be Alive in Capsized Boat SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan, March 14 (U.R) (Wednesday) Xavy officials at Sasebo base issued a communique com-munique at 1 a. m. today saying it was indicated that at least 15 men of the 116 aboard the capsized torpedo boat Tomozuru were alive. ( Signals heard by rescuers, the communique said, indicated eight were alive in the stern of the torpedo boat, three in midships, and four in the forward part of ' the hull. Three men already have been rescued from a water-tight com- : partment. They were exhausted ; and were sleeping in a secluded part of the docks, guarded from 1 correspondents and photographers. The 1 a. m. communique said ; rescue work was not progressing as expected. The Tomozuru capsized during naval maneuvers in a heavy sea. It was towed keel upward to the Sasebo base, where it was righted. |