WHARF AT ANZAC BAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 8

WHARF AT ANZAC BAY.

TURKS SEND A PILE-DRIVER.

Something like poetic justice, says a correspondent of an Australian paper, was associated trith the construction of the jetty at Anzac Bay, on which all the military stores for the Australasian Expeditionary Forces are landed. The Australian engineers were authorised to carry out the work, but were faced with the disadvantage that they had nothing in the nature of a pile-driver. Many expedients were tried, but without satisfaction, and the authorities were on the point of sending to Egypt for a heavy metal height of some kind when the Turks fired one of their "Jaok Johnsons" from the fort at Chanak. The huge shell came whistling over the Australian position, and buried itself harmlessly in the sand near the spot where the engineers were racking their brains. After making all due allowances for a delayed explosion, the men dug the projectile out, and discovered that the enemy had unconsciously provided them with the very article they required. 1 he sting of the shell was drawn at once, and the explosive chamber was filled with lead. To fit the shell with the necessary rings and guides was the work of a few hours, and before sundown it was being vigorously used as a drop-weight. Every pile in the pier was driven home with this shell.