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COLLAPSES IN THE DOCK.
BY CABLE—PRSSS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, May 5. The battleship Invincible was docked at Portsmouth on Tuesday for a comI plete overhaul. When her full weight rested on the wooden blocks under her j keel, the frames strengthening the double bottom suddenly buckled and collapsed. The ship's weight bent the frames like a bow, bulging them oneither side. When floated and examined, serious injuries were disclosed.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 6 May 1911, Page 5
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68COLLAPSES IN THE DOCK. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 6 May 1911, Page 5
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