FLOATING MINES
DANGER AT BRIGHTON
LONDON, December 23. More mines were washed ashore at Shoreham harbour, damaging the harbour wall and shattering seafront windows. , _ . , . Another menaced the Brighton power station till a naval squad rendered it harmless. Others were reported afloat near the cliffs east of Brighton, and one, which last night became lodged in the piles of Brighton's west pier, later broke away in heavy seas. The police awakened residents along the seafront last night and ordered them to leave their homes because of the menace from drifting mines, which were later made harmless. Sightseers today found a number of mines scattered along the beach and another drifting inshore with the tide.
The forward section of the Liberty ship Duncan N. L. Clinch was blown off when she struck a mine while leaving Le Havre. All the crew were rescued.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 152, 26 December 1945, Page 5
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