WHEN RABAUL WAS TAKEN.
A MINE THAT FAILED.
AUSTRALIANS' ESCAPE.
Sydney, January -21
It is stated by Colonel Holmes that when the Australian troops rushed the wireless station at Rabaul the mines previously laid by the Germans failed to explode. The men continnally marched over them. Finally they were exploded by his orders.
A mine was formed of 6in iron piping, 50ft long, and filled with dynamite. Above the pipe stones and iron bolts were heaped, the whole being buried a foot beneath the road. When the mine was blown tip the whole road of 70ft was ripped up, the stones being driven 100 ft into the air-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 5
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