OLD SHIP LADEN WITH DEADLY GAS SCUTTLED.—The 30-year-old Liberty ship Le Barron Russell Briggs sinking in the North Atlantic 165 miles north-east of the Bahamas. She was laden with 66 tons of nerve gas contained in 418 vaults. The ship and her cargo are now on the ocean bed at a depth of three miles. —Photograph by cable.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32381, 21 August 1970, Page 11
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58OLD SHIP LADEN WITH DEADLY GAS SCUTTLED.—The 30-year-old Liberty ship Le Barron Russell Briggs sinking in the North Atlantic 165 miles north-east of the Bahamas. She was laden with 66 tons of nerve gas contained in 418 vaults. The ship and her cargo are now on the ocean bed at a depth of three miles. —Photograph by cable. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32381, 21 August 1970, Page 11
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