SUBMARINE MINE FOUND OFF VICTORIAN COAST.
DISCOVERED BY PATROL ■ NEAR GABO ISLAND. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MELBOURNE, Oct. 13. The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Joseph Cook, officially announces that mine-sweepers from Sydney exploded a submarine mine of enemy origin off Gabo Island, on the Victorian coast, on Wednesday. Gabo Island is a small island off the coast of Victoria, a few miles west of Cape Howe. The steamer Cumberland was in the vicinity of this island when the explosion occurred which resulted in her destruction.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16670, 15 October 1917, Page 5
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