Thread: 56 tonne bomb

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Or notice.

Hey!
Newy's a pretty cool place these days, I don't mind it at all.

Originally Posted by BradC

The other oddity is I saw one news report that stated it was confiscated high explosive. Perhaps it was already mixed with the right hydrocarbons and ready to go, having sat for 6 years quietly packing itself down.

The latest is that the AM came from a Russian registered freighter, that didn't pay it's Port fees, and had it's cargo of AM confiscated . The cargo was destined for a port in Africa. No one in Beirut wanted to take responsibility for it, so they passed the buck, until .....BOOM!.

Captain reveals how abandoned cargo led to Beirut disaster

Originally Posted by Homestar

But it's Newcastle - who'd bother?

I'm thinking if Newcastle was in Victoria there would be an avalanche of protest over that one.

Originally Posted by bob10

I'm thinking if Newcastle was in Victoria there would be an avalanche of protest over that one.

But it ain’t so no dramas.

Originally Posted by Homestar

But it ain’t so no dramas.

Yeah, right.

Originally Posted by bob10

Yeah, right.

Good to see we agree then.

I also like the black pot and kettle arrangement with you Bob - you're the first to chuck rocks at any other place happily - including your reply to me, but when anyone else does or responds to these, you're also the first to get indignant about it all - either stop chucking the rocks, or let the replies slide - you can't have it both ways.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

In 1972 Ronald John Holzberger, Evan Parker Becker and Douglas Thomas Becker were killed when a semi-trailer carrying ammonium nitrate exploded on Fitzroy Development Rd. The explosion destroyed the prime mover and trailer, leaving a crater in the road two metres deep, five metres wide, 20 metres long and left two families reeling.

Parts of the truck and trailer were scattered up to two kilometres away. The explosion was heard and shook houses 88km away in Moura and 55km away in Theodore.

I wonder if that Ronald Holzberger was a rellie of Arthur and Toots Holzheimer who ran Peninsula Transport, the Cape York service for many years in Leyland Hippos. Toots in her signature floral dress and Blucher boots.

I recall the news at the time saying the biggest part of the truck found was the one tonne engine (Cummins 855) quite some distance away.

Edit - My apologies. I got my Holzbergers and Holzheimers confused.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I wonder if that Ronald Holzberger was a rellie of Arthur and Toots Holzheimer who ran Peninsula Transport, the Cape York service for many years in Leyland Hippos. Toots in her signature floral dress and Blucher boots.

I recall the news at the time saying the biggest part of the truck found was the one tonne engine (Cummins 855) quite some distance away.

Those 14 litre lumps were as damned tough as ,eh? Still running, no doubt.