Explosives Drift In Shipping Lane
s (Rec. 2 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. An RAAF Catalina which has been experiencing engine Ijrouble since Sunday in various attempts to fly explosives to the stranded liner Reynella, has finally disposed of her load. She developed engine trouble again above Fraser Island, off Maryborough, and jettisoned her cafgo into Platypus Bay.
; As a result, 10001 bof explosives,’, inj eluding cases of strikers, fuses and j detonators are drifting uncontrolled I towards the shipping channels off the 'Maryborough seaside resort of Pialba. * Emergency warnings have been 1 flashed by radio to fishermen and sea j captains off the Queensland coast as j there is enough explosive afloat to sink the biggest ship in the area.
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Northern Advocate, 3 September 1947, Page 5
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