TANKER IN A STORM
ROPES BURNT BY LIGHTNING i
CAPETOWN, May 3. During a lightning storm at midnight at Durban the crew of a large tanker heard a whiplash report, followed by the two four-inch ropes securing the stern of the tanker to the wharf hurtling through the air. A lighting flash had burnt through the ropes. The vessel was hauled back to her moorings only after a desperate struggle.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22563, 6 May 1935, Page 16
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70TANKER IN A STORM Otago Daily Times, Issue 22563, 6 May 1935, Page 16
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