An item reported that the newest Japanese submarine sunk during a trial off Kobe. Of her crew were just 11 men saved, another 85 were missing. The Bataviasch nieuwsblad and the Sumatra Post both dated the 23rd that the no. 70 was of the latest kind and just completed when she sunk the morning before. Almost her complete crew of 130 men was killed. What caused the disaster was yet unknown. The newspaper Het Volk dated Wednesday 22 August mentioned a submarine no. 77 sunk during a storm on Tuesday morning off Kariya with more as 100 casualties. It was believed that her sinking was caused by heavy seas forcing her stay submerged. The shipyard at Kariya sent boats to investigate the area where she sunk. The Algemeen Handelsblad dated 15 October published an item dated Tokyo reporting that the new Japanese submarine no. 70 which sunk in August 1922 [?} near the island Awasji sunk taken with her 42 men. She was now salvaged and towed back to Kobe. On board were the bodies of her crewmembers found back.
