CONSTANT VIGIL
n H AT( HING POSTS AT HOME I! if LONDON, Oct. 24. n The Observer Corps, which maintains country-wide watching and ), listening posts against enemy attack, n has saved at least two merchantmen, e The first occasion occurred when two t I ships collided at night off the East e Coast. One was holed, and sent out e an S.O.S with its siren, which a post n heard. Another post saw the rockets, e and lifeboats saved the crew of 12. d On the second occasion a post on s the west coast heard an explosion and n sent a message to the Admiralty, e which sent out tugs to a steamer )• which had been holed by a mine or d torpedo. The t-’s beached the - steamer despite hci sinking condition, l while destroyers hunted the submarine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 3
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139CONSTANT VIGIL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 3
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