SALVAGE FEAT
UNION COMPANY FREIGHTER BERTHED SEQUEL TO SYDNEY COLLISION Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, March 14. (Received March 14, at 11.45 a.m.) After one of the most remarftabla salvaging feats performed in Australia the Union Company’s freighter waa freed from the wreckage and bertnea safely. Two' divers, at a depth of loft, cut through the thick, steel plates tor 20ft with a special under-water oxyacetyleno plant. [A message received °” * stated: A freighter of about 2,800 tons, owned by the Union Steam Company, and-engaged in tne_New land trade, was badly hcled in a collision with an 11,000-ton Blue Star liner near the harbour bridge late last night. Tugs attempted to tow 'the freighter to Darling Harbour, but sho had to be beached to prevent sinking. A large hole was torn in her bows, penetrating through to the crew a sleeping quarters.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400314.2.81
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23525, 14 March 1940, Page 10
Word Count
140SALVAGE FEAT Evening Star, Issue 23525, 14 March 1940, Page 10
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in