MINES OFF AUSTRALIA.
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION. ; It has been officially announced by Mr Joseph Cook, the Federal Minister for the Navy, that, in latitude 37deg. £Bmin south, and longitude 149deg. 55mih east, off Cape Howe ,a mine, supposed tc-. be of enemy origin, was exploded by mine-sweepers, which had been sent out from Sydney. No damage Was done to the mine sweepers, but the concussion was felt at Gabo Island, four and a-half miles away. ? It is 6tated that although no water •Was thrown up into the air ,the surface of the sea boiled over an area of about JLOOJ isquare jyards, |hab fish- were ,and that the sea was covered With a powdery black substance that . v emelt like sulphur.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 29 October 1917, Page 6
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120MINES OFF AUSTRALIA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 29 October 1917, Page 6
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