The Archive · 1939

Ships in Pearl River

Boom to be Raised Canton, Feb. 17.

'An effort to raise the' ships sunk by the Chinese authorities in the Pearl {River to form a boom against the Japanese is expected to be started in {the near future.

Marine surveyors, connected with Jo Tokyo salvage company, are reporied to be en route to Canton for {i.e purpose of making a preliminary. investigation.

Te is understood that there are no less than ten vessels firmly embedded In the mud near the Botea Tigris torts—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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