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1 )ISGOV-ET,Y’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. SAFETY FROM GALE. THROUGH SNOW AND DARKNESS TO OPEN SEA. fU.r.A. by Eire. Tel. CoDvright) SYDNEY, Feb. 25. A ire less message from tire Discovery states that- the vessel, when passing the mountainous coastline of Macßobertsou Land, in which high peaked ranges trend in a southwesterly direction, found that the lloor of the neigliboriiig seas were extraordinarily uneven, shoaling from great depths to dangerous submerged reel’s requiring cautious navigation. A number of islets appeared, and with the galp blowing Captain MeKonzio deckled on February 11 to ltead for the open sea through snow and darkness, until daylight d suloscd that the ship had miraculously traversed a course in which there were nmny grounded bergs, and gained the Ice of these 40 mlics north of land. The vessel is now awaiting for the gal e to abate.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11450, 26 February 1931, Page 3
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