BREAKING OF BLOCKADE
BARRAGE OF FRENCH BARGEES LARGE FORCE EMPLOYED. POSITION STILL SERIOUS THREAT TO SINK CRAFT (United Press Association—B,y Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.30 p.m. to-dav. PARTS', Aug. 25. Directing a secretly concentrated force of IQO mounted police, 40 firemen equipped with four motor pumps aiid two tugs manned by bluejackets, the Prefect of the Seine and Oise broke a barrage of three rows of barges at Confians. A hoarding party cut the cables linking 60 (barges, which the tugs towed to. a (backwater. The (bargees assisted the tugs on the Prefect’s promise to place their grievances 'before the Government. The Prefect now faces the problem of dispersing the main barrage at Eiraigno, where the strikers threaten to; fill the barges with cement and sink them in the Oise.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 26 August 1933, Page 9
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130BREAKING OF BLOCKADE Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 26 August 1933, Page 9
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