13 (Um—LA 5004pound Japanese horned-type mine was exploded by coastguardmen here Sunday night; before hundreds "ofai‘on- look’ers after drifting ashore and threatefiing the lives 0f curious children'jgand residents. ,‘i -C};;ii‘aren had sé‘éjniplayifiggon the “shipping-lane before it was roped off and «placed under guard by Sheriff Allafiié'Birqh; Guyon ‘L. Blissett, postma- cottage tenants reported the j Japanese mine to him about 10 A. M.,Sunday. It apparently had drifted in with an exceptional «tide during the night and;_._set- 'tledv on a rocky portion of'f‘the beach about one halfmile- north j oftheulodg‘e. my y ' -. 3 Child Sits on Mine - a ‘ Blissett" was told to throw a guardfaround the mine 'When he phoned the. coast guard at! Garibaldi;§0r. v ‘ ' from pictures of in he had’seen. . _‘ g ‘e said—s tr a n'gi-e't“Japanese? loc‘il‘iing’.’~ characters were p'aint- " ed around, the malfy-horned in- strument. 3 . .‘ Meanwhile, the coast «guard; contacted the sheriff’s office and" called Fort Stevens for anord nance‘expertf' “ 7 ” ; One, of the chi-ldrenwas foqu sitting on the, eminently explo- 1 sive.,mine-.-When Ithe’sheriff ar-v fgriVed. It‘ was then guarded 'b deputy. , Blast Shattle’rs Windétés, (A Capt. Kenneth :Hatvks of Ft. Stevens arrived and recognized . the object as an extremely clan» j;1.‘.gerous Japanese contact bq’ily- ant mine Which had been {bar— ried ashore apparently With the“ same ‘ currents aw h i ch; bring multitudes tof‘ Japanese ‘gla ss‘ “ifish'wfl'Oats to the beach every, l ,7”) .w...‘ A, s . , 1”“ Watrned'the more than; a‘ thousand: spectators. away, and" "' "(glided the minefiy a fuse and ‘_ fie mechanism at. 2:40 The -..;explosion shattered .25 g: windows in cottages! within/«a half-milearadius, ihurled rock‘s undreds of feet down the beach and sent'a 'b‘lack-tcolUmn of smoke mushrooming into the; :3" airgj , OCR Text: 13 (Um—LA 5004pound Japanese horned-type mine was exploded by coastguardmen here Sunday night; before hundreds "ofai‘on- look’ers after drifting ashore and threatefiing the lives 0f curious children'jgand residents. ,‘i -C};;ii‘aren had sé‘éjniplayifiggon the “shipping-lane before it was roped off and «placed under guard by Sheriff Allafiié'Birqh; Guyon ‘L. Blissett, postma- cottage tenants reported the j Japanese mine to him about 10 A. M.,Sunday. It apparently had drifted in with an exceptional «tide during the night and;_._set- 'tledv on a rocky portion of'f‘the beach about one halfmile- north j oftheulodg‘e. my y ' -. 3 Child Sits on Mine - a ‘ Blissett" was told to throw a guardfaround the mine 'When he phoned the. coast guard at! Garibaldi;§0r. v ‘ ' from pictures of in he had’seen. . _‘ g ‘e said—s tr a n'gi-e't“Japanese? loc‘il‘iing’.’~ characters were p'aint- " ed around, the malfy-horned in- strument. 3 . .‘ Meanwhile, the coast «guard; contacted the sheriff’s office and" called Fort Stevens for anord nance‘expertf' “ 7 ” ; One, of the chi-ldrenwas foqu sitting on the, eminently explo- 1 sive.,mine-.-When Ithe’sheriff ar-v fgriVed. It‘ was then guarded 'b deputy. , Blast Shattle’rs Windétés, (A Capt. Kenneth :Hatvks of Ft. Stevens arrived and recognized . the object as an extremely clan» j;1.‘.gerous Japanese contact bq’ily- ant mine Which had been {bar— ried ashore apparently With the“ same ‘ currents aw h i ch; bring multitudes tof‘ Japanese ‘gla ss‘ “ifish'wfl'Oats to the beach every, l ,7”) .w...‘ A, s . , 1”“ Watrned'the more than; a‘ thousand: spectators. away, and" "' "(glided the minefiy a fuse and ‘_ fie mechanism at. 2:40 The -..;explosion shattered .25 g: windows in cottages! within/«a half-milearadius, ihurled rock‘s undreds of feet down the beach and sent'a 'b‘lack-tcolUmn of smoke mushrooming into the; :3" airgj , Nehalem Valley Historical Society,Under Construction,Tillamook County tiffs,Best, Don,Antique from Neil Magnuson,Jap mine on beach.tif,Jap mine on beach.tif, Jap mine on beach.tif