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Unsightly Ferry Hulk Give State Blasters Rough Time

"They built 'em plenty tough in the shipyards back in the good old days." State Department of Public Works powdermen blasting the wooden hulk of a beached ferryboat at the California Maritime Academy will testify to that A new high explosive 60 percent nitro-glycerin compound; has been used in big charges, sending water and debris more than 150 feet skyward.

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