TO SALVAGE FORTUNES.
By Electric Telegraph, Oopynght. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Nov. 16. The Immense fortunes lying at the bottom of the sea in torpedoed ships have led to proposals of new methods of salvage. It is proposed to submerge submarines on each side of the wrecks, fitted with strong pumps, and lift them to the surface bodily on a wire-rope cradle. Another idea is a great electromagnet attached to powerful cranes, worked by compressed air.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1680, 20 November 1919, Page 5
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77TO SALVAGE FORTUNES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1680, 20 November 1919, Page 5
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