FLOODS IN TAGUS
STEAMER BREAKS AWAY A TRAWLER SUNK LISBON, Nov. 23. Five tugs were needed to check the runaway British steamer, Dalhanna, which was torn from its moorings in a flood at the mouth of the Tagus during the unloading of 6000 tons of maize. It crashed into and sank a trawler and was hurled against the British steamer Andalusian Star, and carried away a gangplank whim swept a giant electric crane into the harbour. The damage is £lO,OOO.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 7
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80FLOODS IN TAGUS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 7
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