FISHERMAN “CATCHES” MINE
MELBOURNE, February 5.
Navy Office officials were informed today that a Victorian coast fisherman feeling a tug on the line jerked vigorously and brought a mine to the surface a few feet from his boat. The man notified other fishermen nearby and all sailed their boats towards the shore. A mine also floated inshore. Mine-sweep-ers in the vicinity exploded the mine. Navy officials said that the mine had apparently broken adrift in the recent bad weather from a minefield, the position of which was known and there was no cause for alarm.
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Southland Times, Issue 24353, 6 February 1941, Page 7
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