BONFIRE OF SHIPS
RELIC OF COSTLY FAILURE COST 235 MILLION AND SOLD FOR A SONG. METAL TO BE SAVED. Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Reuter’s Telegram. (Received September ‘l2, 10.65 p.m.) . NEW YORK, September 11. A telegram from Norfolk, Virginia, 6ays the biggest bonfire ever seen in American waters will occur in a few days, when the salvage concern that paid 262,000 dollars for a fleet of 218 wooden vessels belonging to the United States Government will tow the largest of them to a point off the tide-water of Virginia and burn them. These ships cost 235 million dollars. They were constructed during the world war, and are only part of the idle fleet that has been depreciating in value as it has floated in the Jaines river for several years. Sucli of the ships as can he mounted on skids and hauled out will be burned ashore, in order to save all their metal. Those which cannot be so handled will be stripped of their metal and destroyed off shore.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11933, 13 September 1924, Page 5
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