TANKER AGROUND.
SOVIET OIL JETTISONED. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) CALCUTTA, October 31.
The Norwegian steamer Finnanger, carrying 13,000 tons of Soviet oil from Batoum grounded at Fulta Point in the River Hooghly. The vessel took an alarming list, and to save the ship and the cargo the captain jettisoned 3000 tons of oil valued at £40,000.
The villagers flocked to the riverside to collect the oil, Shipping has been warned of the danger,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 259, 1 November 1928, Page 7
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