UNDER WATER BATTLE
FIGHT W iTH OCTOI.’ U 9
PT. TOWNSEND, Juno J
A. E Hook, a well-known American diver, fougljb a- terrific underwater battle with an octopus. His mate had been down some time when the movements o ,: his lines ana i sudden SALS, sent Hook below to see what was wrong. ■ The second diver was in the grip of a. hi" octopus 50ft below the surface. Hook went for it with knives, but it was not until an hour later that the horror,- cut to ribbons, released its victim. Hook, exhausted, was then able to take his mate’s body to tho. surface.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 5
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104UNDER WATER BATTLE Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 5
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