ESCAPED THE ICE-GRIP.
■ A.SHIP'S THRILLING VOXAQE. '. {BT TEiEGBAPB—PBBSS : ASSOCUTIOtf-^OPrBIGHIi) Sydney/ May 3. , The ship Melettii, which has arrived h&re from La Plata,' had a" thrilling experience. When twelve days out the vessel ran into an immense Jcefleld, whioh it took three days and four nights to traverse- '. Sho travelled 343 miles in tho ioo. Some of the bergs were 700 feet high. : TUo difficulties of navigation were increased by a ilenso fOg. '- ■; ' '■].-'• •The ship had several narrow escapee from being the ioe,butshe succoeded in escaping undamaged. ' -.■■•..
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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86ESCAPED THE ICE-GRIP. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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