FISHERMEN NET A CABLE.
Renter. LONDON, Sept 7. | A message from Copenhagen reports ; that a cutter returned to port with 1100 fathoms of cable aboard. The men declare that they caught th e cable in their fishing tackle off a desolate spot on tne coast of Jutland and was convinced that they had accidentally found a German spy cable. They hauled in as much as the cutter could carry, and then cut the cable, marking the spot with a buoy. The British Admiralty suggests that the fishermen hooked a cable belonging to the Great Danish Northern Company.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17571, 9 September 1920, Page 5
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