OIL STEAMER ASHORE.
PART OF CARGO JETTISONED. VILLAGERS HAVE A WINDFALL. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received. 11.50 a.m. to-day. CALCUTTA, Oct. 31. A Norwegian steamer, Finnanger, carrying 13,000 tons of Soviet oil from Britain, grounded at Fulta Point in tlie River Hooghly. The vessel took an alarming list and to save the ship and cargo, the captain jettisoned three thousand tons of oil valued at £40,000. Villagers flocked to the riverside to collect the oil. The shipping has been warned of the danger.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 November 1928, Page 9
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88OIL STEAMER ASHORE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 November 1928, Page 9
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