Explosion at Makogai
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Menace Of Floating Mines
In Fiji Waters
ALOUD explosion which shook buildings at Dalice, on Makogai Island, Fiji, in mid-March is thought to have been caused by a floating mine striking a reef.
Several weeks previously a floating mine was seen off the coast of Tailevu. It was thought, at first, that this may have drifted to Makogai, but nautical experts believe this impossible.
Isolated and unsuspected floating mines, which have broken away from mine fields, are a real menace to South Pacific navigation to-day, particularly in isolated places where the services of mine-sweepers are not available.