SAVAGE GAMBLE

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)

SAVAGE GAMBLE

SCAPA FLOW ENTERPRISE. B,v Tclcgrayh—Pxeaß Assn. —Copyright.; London, July. 22. • The greatest salvage gamble, of modern times, o:i which Mr, 11. F. Cox, of Messrs. Cox and Danka, Ltd., staked £350,000 was won - to-night. A diver rc--portedf that the former' German cruiser Hindenburgs sunk, at -Seapa Flow -after •the :afmi'S.ticb;"'-wasi: dejasattf •thcd-boiitdln

I and had gradually risen io .the surface. The after turrets are both, clear of the water, and the flag mast at the stern is also 4fL above t|ie surface,, reports a special correspondent of the .Daily Mail. The vessel is rising six inches each quarter of-an? hour. . The Hindenburg presented a weird sight, being covered wtih mussels and seaweed. • Mr. Cox had. worked At the salvage for six years, and failed three tinnjg. He, raised the cruiser on June 21', ’put sl;,o- took a dangerous list-, nwps-i sitaf/ing tlje v .building of a con<;ref,q c,x<. •dres.eeiiec). beneath the stern, >yhleh.'teok ; ■a; hipj'dhfJ.c.harden.. . s ;)»..•<•« of- Yin •■■•■/u'! • ■