MINE “FISHED UP”
DISCOVERY ON AUSTRALIAN COAST CAUGHT ON FISHERMAN'S LINE MELBOURNE, Feb. 5. Navy Office officials were informed to-day that Victorian coast fishermen, feeling a tug on a line, jerked vigorously and brought a mine to the surface a few feet from their boat. The men notified other fishermen nearby and all sailed their boats toward the shore. A mine also floated inshore. Minesweepers exploded the mine, which navy officials said had apparently broken adrift in recent bad weather from a minefield, the position of which was known. There was no cause for alarm.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 32, 7 February 1941, Page 7
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95MINE “FISHED UP” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 32, 7 February 1941, Page 7
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