SALVAGE GAMBLE.
VICTORY FOR CONTRACTOR. SCARPA FLOW ENTERPRISE. LONDON, July 22. The greatest salvage gamble of modern times, on which Mr H F. Cox, of Messrs Cox and Danks. Ltd, staked £350,000 was won. to-night. A diver reported that the former German cruiser Hindenburg, sunk at Scarpa Flow after the armistice, was clear ot the bottom and had gradually risen to the surface. The after turrets are both clear ot the water and the flag mast at the stern is also 4ft above the surface, reports a special correspondent of the "Daily Mail." The vessel Is rising six inches each quarter hour. The Hindenburg presented a wierd sight, being covered with mussels and seaweed. Mr Cox had worked at the salvage for six years, and failed three times? He raised the cruiser on June 21, but she took a dangerous list, necessitating the building of a concrete excrescence beneath the stern, which took a month to harden.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 249, 4 August 1930, Page 5
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