ICEBERG SIGHTED.
REPORT BY BARQUE FAVELL. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON", Sunday. The Secretary of the Post and Tele-1 graph Department has been advised as follows by the superintendent of the Awarua radio station:—6.4o p.m. The barque Fare]], at 50 degrees south longitude", 105 degrees east, distant 240 miles from Awarua, bound for Falmouth from Wallaroo, reports that she has just passed a large iceberg, with two peaks, apparently 100 ft high. The secretary later received the following report from the superintendent at Awarua:—With reference to the 1< avell s report of an iceberg seen on February 21, the master advises as follows: "Two hours after the first report the berg capsized, and is now low and a great space."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 45, 23 February 1931, Page 8
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119ICEBERG SIGHTED. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 45, 23 February 1931, Page 8
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