ACT OF SABOTAGE
AMERICAN CRUISER DAMAGED. NUT DELIBERATELY DISPLACED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Boston, December 9. The newspaper Evening American stated to-day that an act of sabotage last Saturday ruined the turbine gears in the new United States Navy cruiser Quincy, which is being built at the Fore River shipyards. The damage totalled 100,000 dollars. The sabotage consisted of the deliberate placing of a loose steel nut in such a position that, the vibration caused by the starting of the electrical machinery dropped it into the revolving mechanism. An investigation disclosed that the nut was of a type not used on board the vessel. The incident followed last summer’s disastrous fire on the same vessel, which destroyed the wiring in the main switchboard. ROYAL OAK INCIDENT OTHER CASES OF SABOTAGE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.15 p.m.) London, December 9. The Daily Telegraph says that following the alleged sabotage on the battleship Royal Oak similar malicious cases are reported aboard warships in other dockyards. It is believed that the damage was intended as a demonstration rather than an attempt to interfere with the working of the ships. Inquiries reduced the suspects to four. Tire authorities are also giving attention to a leakage of confidential information.
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Southland Times, Issue 22761, 11 December 1935, Page 5
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