WHALE CHASER LOST
ABANDONED IN ROSS SEA ' By Telegraph.—Press Association,. Invercargill, March 4. Word was received by wireless, this morning of the loss of the whale chaser Pagadroma in the Ross Sea. From the meagre details contained in the message it is gathered that.the vessel was crushed in the ice during the voyage of approximately 500 miles through; the ice-covered area, and sank. The wireless message merely stated that the ship had been abandoned and that the crew had been taken off safelyThe Pagadroma was one of six chasers attached to the Norwegian factory ship C. A. Larsen, which is now returning from the Ross Sea. She..was a vessel of .95 tons, and had been specially built in Norway for work in the iCe.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 136, 5 March 1929, Page 12
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124WHALE CHASER LOST Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 136, 5 March 1929, Page 12
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