DARING EXPLOIT
BRAVE TRAWLER SUFFER PUSHED A MINE ALONG DANGEROUS FEAT IN SEA (Offirlai Wireless) (Received Nov. 7, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 6 A daring exploit is reported of the east coast trawler skipper, Captain Leo Romyn, whose house was threatened with damage by the explosion of a drifting mine for a second time within a week. Captain Romyn swam out to the mine and pushed it in front of him to a part of the beach clear of the sea wall, where later the horns of the mine were removed, rendering it harmless.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20955, 7 November 1939, Page 7
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94DARING EXPLOIT Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20955, 7 November 1939, Page 7
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