ACT OF SABOTAGE
TURBINE GEARS RUINED AMERICAN SENSATION BOSTON, Dec. 9. The newspaper Evening American stated to-day that an act of sabotage last Saturday ruined the turbine gears of the new navy cruiser Quincy, 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 starting . the electrical machinery dropped it into the revolving mechanism. Investigation disclosed a nut 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 on the main switchboard. BRITISH INCIDENTS . Al 4 OTHER CASES REPORTED. LEAKAGE OF INFORMATION Received Dec. 10, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, Dee. 10. The Daily Telegraph says that following alleged sabotage on the Royal Oak, similar malicious cases are reported aboard warships in other dockyards. It is believed that the damage is intended as a demonstration rather than an attempt to interfere with the working of the ships. Inquiries have reduced the suspects to four. . . The authorities are also giving attention to a leakage of confidential in-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 290, 11 December 1935, Page 7
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191ACT OF SABOTAGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 290, 11 December 1935, Page 7
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