English: Halifax Evening Courier - Saturday 30 July 1932. Article:
The French Submarine Disaster Six Children Saved From National Funeral for Entombed Crew Fire Paris, Saturday. The crew of the submarine Promethee, which suddenly and mysteriously sang on the afternoon of July 7, with the loss of 62 lives, were to-day given a national funeral. This morning, in glorious weather, France paid her supreme homage to the 62 officers and men whose graves lie on the ocean bottom, 41 fathoms deep. M. Herriot. the Premier, the Minister of Marine (M. Leygues) and the Chief of the Naval General Staff (Admiral Durandviel) aboard the destroyer Bison, crossed the spot where the submarine lies. Wreaths were dropped, a salute of 21 guns fired and a naval band played the Marseillaise. The Sham was followed in procession by a flotilla of submarines and destroyers, and the Cunard tender Lotharingia. conveying relatives and friends of the dead.—Reuter.