Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-09-24 | Page 5 | Atlantic Storm Tosses Nip Mines on Beach

ATLANTIC STORM S TOSSES NIP MINES ON BEACH MIAMI Flo Fla Sept 24 2 UP- UP The hurricane-churned hurricane Atlantic spewed six de deadly Japanese anti anti- shipping onto mines onto the beach near Ft Pierce the coast cout guard said The mines fully armed Were found as 83 coast guardsmen made madea a routine check of the Atlantic beaches following the hurricane a week ago No official theory was advanced advanced ad ad- I as to how the mines might have made a mile mlle trip around Cape Horn Cape Horn into the Atlantic An unofficial explanation I tion was wan that Japan gave mines to Italy when that axis nation ran low of explosives and the mines were planted by Italian submarines