COSTLY ACCIDENT
GOLD CONSIGNMENT SINKS. PARIS, February 22. A mishap likely to he of a most expensive character happened at Cherbourg docks when 42(1 boxes of gold from New York were being unloaded from the Borengaria. A chain broke and ten boxes fell on the quayside. They hurst open, and contents) oT six falling into the water, valued at £IOO,OOO. Divers were summoned but salvage will be most difficult, as the ingots, weighing 50 pounds apiece, are buried deep in the mud*
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1932, Page 6
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82COSTLY ACCIDENT Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1932, Page 6
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