ROCK HOLDING SHIP
SUGGESTED USE OF EXPLOSIVES
MINISTER OBTAINS EXPERT’S VIEWS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. The Government is greatly concerned about the accident to the Wanganella and is following closely the attempts to shift her from her perilous position. The Minister of Marine (Mr J. O’Brien) is keenly interested in the possibility of using explosives to dislodge the rock holding the ship. Tonight he discussed this method with an expert, and he intends to obtain the views of another expert to-morrbw. Explosives have been suggested in various other quarters as a means of blasting away the rock holding the Wanganella, and, if she cannot be shifted, for blowing off her bows. Although modern methods are reputed to enable a skilled demolitionist to blast off r specific portion of a ship without materially damaging the rest of it, a marine surveyor said to-day that the first requisite was a staff capable of handling modern explosives to produce such a iesult.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25089, 22 January 1947, Page 6
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