PEARLING DIVERS LEFT ON OCEAN BOTTOM WHEN LUGGER CATCHES FIRE
(Eeceived 8, 11,20 a.m.) DAEWIN, Bopt. 8. Three japanese peatlihg ttiver s had to he ahandoned at the hottom of the oc6ah when the japanese lugger Dai Nippon Maru No. 1, from Which th6y were Wofking, caught fire. The diver's had jllst commenccd opefations Whett the compresSor expioded and flames Hpread with ftiarming rapidity. The tenders ott deok Were forded to abandon the lifelines and take to the se&, deaving the divers Helpiess on the hottom. The lugger foUndered. The crew were rCscued hy other pearlittg ships.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 199, 8 September 1937, Page 5
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97PEARLING DIVERS LEFT ON OCEAN BOTTOM WHEN LUGGER CATCHES FIRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 199, 8 September 1937, Page 5
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