Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-30 | Page 3 | 6 Dead, 20 Hurt as Ships Crash

6 B DEAD 20 HURT AS SHIPS CRASH Japanese Destroyers Collide in Fog During M Maneuvers a ii e uve rs NAVAL BASE Japan June 30 UP Japan UP-Japan Japan recorded its second naval disaster in less than four lour months toda today as small craft searched the sea for sailors missing after alter two destroyers crashed in hea heavy fog during secret maneuvers Six lives were lost and a score injured injured injured in in- when the destroyer rammed the destroyer Miyuki at sea rca ca off oft island last nl night ht the navy department announced Three sailors on the Miyuki were killed instantly by the terrific impact im impact im impact pact when the two craft crashed under un der full steam Two sailors attached to the Miyuki were missing and one seaman of the was killed It was believed the miss missing nJ men had drowned Both ships carried men and 1 It was considered miraculous that more were not killed or injured The collision followed by less than four months the disaster in which more than men were lost when the imperial navys navy's newest new new- est cst fighting unit capsized during maneuvers ma ma- Both the and Miyuki were towed to the naval ba base e here today The injured were removed to a hospital hos has pital while naval authorities started an investigation