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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1962Vol. XXXII, No. 7

[?]ething Nasty In The Ballast Tank

p. 103 · Read in the full issue

Ballast Tank

December 14, after the igeries Mari times cargo ship rais” got back to Marseilles New Caledonia via Aus and Suez, a painter found remained of a human body e of the ballast tanks. ? ship left France for the bound journey in late July s far as is known the tanks not opened until she was in France again. Before were closed in July a crew looked into each of them shouted to see if anyone present; no one answered the doors were sealed. who are investigating, e that the man must have there in July, and not any else on the ship's voyage, ank measures about 24 ft ft and there is no way of ’ now whether the man was ed when water was pumped whether he died of ation before that.