For Delousing
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Depth Bombs
Fiji War Relics For Delousing
Discovery of unexpioded 325- pound American “depth bombs” in the Laucala Bay-Nuku Buco c passage area, Fiji, caused a slight j “panic” early this month. Suva s a Acting Harbour Master, Captain r.
E. L. James, acted promptly in l closing the area until the bombs a were “deloused.”
The bombs are believed to have a been dropped from a Catalina dur- ing the Second World War. One a was thought to have been dropped b accidentally, and two were dis-h charged to try to explode the first. J Airmen from the Royal New Zea- land Air Force base at Laucala e Bay found two of the bombs while e they were spear-fishing in the area..£ A RNZAF spokesman said that;! the fins and fuses of the bombset were still complete.
The bombs were set to explpdees at a certain depth, and if a ship ss' anchor caught hold of one of thermr and dragged it into deep water itti might explode An attempt was too] be made to explode the two bombsi in shallow water. The third, att the time of going to press, had) not been located.