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hoisted the german warflag. She was a nice steamer and I could almost pitty her when, after the crew, 3 officers, several europeans and 84 Indians and part of the provisions had been taken on board "Markomania" this beautiful vessel was sent to the bottom
Supplement The "Indus" was made to sink by opening the ventilators and several shots in the water line. This was the first time I had seen a boat sink. The huge vessel sank slowly gradually turning over on the side and then went down with a tremendous turmoil

11/9/14
In the morning bad weather. It was about 2 p.m. I was in the bureau with the clerk Braumann, when suddenly the noise of the engine became louder and "Emden" run at full speed

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