Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Monday 3 December 1951, page 3


Two Live Bombs In Pirie River

PORT PIRIE, Dec. 2.

Two unexploded bombs ire missing in shallow j water off the north-westi ;omer ot Weeroona Island m

Lhe Pine River, about five miles from Port Pirie, following exercises at a bivouac luring the week-end. Tonight Ma]. J. D. Geddes. officer commanding D Company. 27th Battalion Port Pine, warned persons against entering the area, as contact with tne bombs by inexperienced persons could have fatal consequences. Maj. Geddes said the.' missing bomos were am anti-tank bomb and one two-inch mortar bomb. A demolition squad troin Gladstone armament depot would conduct a search tomorrow.