QUAINT OCCUPATIONS
WHAT IS A HOVELLER? Leaslowe, between the estuaries':of Mersey and Dee, the remains . of a great : foi!es6 lie beneath the'sea. At low tide can be seen the greatt stumps and spreading roots, and after heavy .weather Jong, submerged logs" are wasljfed upontlie beach. The-strange thing is that these burn very well, and for many years there has 'been a trade in fire-lighters made from this submarine fuel. An enormous quantity of old iron is rescued trom the sea. This is mostlv in the shape of old anchors and chain cables, and as there is a ready sale tor this typo of iron there are" always people engaged in dredging for it. These men are called hovellers, and they are ready to tackle salvage of anv kind. A job with an odd name is that of cable-buner," for at first one wonders why a-cable that is sunk in the seashould need to be buried. But the cablc-burier is kept busy at the point where the cable comes ashore. His work is to keep the cable buried in the fcand from the cable station to as far out at sea as it is possible to work. This is to preserve the cable from injury.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 31 July 1929, Page 7
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204QUAINT OCCUPATIONS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 31 July 1929, Page 7
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