TENSE MOMENTS.
ON BIG CUNARD LINER. SEARCH FOR INFERNAL MACHINE .V CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received Sept. 24, 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Sejt. 23. The Daily Mail says that Canard’s New York office sent a wireless message to Captain Irvine, commanding the Borongaria, on route to Southampton with 1094 passengers and crew, declaring that an infernal machine, timed to explode at 4.50 in the afternoon on the 18tli, was hidden aboard. Captain Irvine immediately organised a search, including the baggage, but found nothing suspicious. When the supposed hour of the explosion arrived, he ordered special boat drill and swung the boats out ready for manning. The passengers were also wearing lifebelts. The critical moment passed safely. It is understood that the precautions were due to an anoynious letter reaching the Cunard’s office implicating the Industrial Workers of the World.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 September 1925, Page 5
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138TENSE MOMENTS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 September 1925, Page 5
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