THE EMDEN BELL
STOLEN A SECOND TIME MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR Mystery surrounds the theft, for the second time, of the. well-known war relic, the bell from the German cruiser Emden. The bell was stolen from the War Memorial Museum in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, recently, notwithstanding that it weighs about a hundredweight, and was bolted to a pedestal in the naval section of the museum. The bell was stolen from Garden Island in August last, and was recovered in February, having been buried in the Domain. For safe keeping it was then 'transferred to the War Memorial Museum, placed in a prominent position, and made secure with an iron bolt. A week or two ago the museum authorities found that the bolt had been sawn through, and that the bell was missing. llow the thieves were able to get the bell out of the building is a mystery, the solution of which baffled the detectives, for none of the doors or windows was interfered with. During the day an officer works near by, and at night the building is patrolled by two watchmen It is held in some quarters that the bell has been stolen with a view to selling it overseas at a high price as an outstandingly valuable war relic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21492, 16 May 1933, Page 9
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211THE EMDEN BELL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21492, 16 May 1933, Page 9
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