DIVERS LOST
PEARLING TRAGEDY
(Received August 6, 11.35 a jn.)
;• ■:,,: ... DARWIN, This Day. . A,pearling fleet which has returned to D'anviri,'rep'orts the disappearance of two. Japanese divers. They were wearing only helmet, corselet, and, flannels, and were being towed along the sea bed at a depth of 22 fathoms when thai accident occurred. ' The divers signalled that they were about to gather shell. There were no further signals from them, and when .the lifelines were hauled in the tenders found only, the helmets and the corselets.
The pearlers believe that the divers had taken off their helmets to gather shell and that the boat drifted away too quickly, taking the helmets beyond reach of the stranded divers. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 9
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DIVERS LOST
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 9
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