FINNISH BARQUE.
MELBOURNE, March 2. The Finnish barque Ponape arrived to-day from Sweden. The voyage took nearly five months. During a terrific gale in the North Atlantic two seamen were washed overboard and drowned. Heroic efforts at rescue almost resulted in the other members of the crew losing their lives.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 80, 4 March 1929, Page 10
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