WHALE CHASER SINKS AMID ANTARCTIC ICE
Attached to C. A. Larsen WIRELESS REPORTS ALL CREW RESCUED VESSEL OF 95 TONS. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Last Night* Word was received by wireless this morning of the loss of the whale chaser Pagadroma, in the Ross Soa. From meagre details contained in the message, it is gathered that the vessel was crushed in the ice during a 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 safely. Pagadroma was ono of tho six chasers attached to the Norwegian factory ship C. A. Larson, 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 tho ice.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6851, 5 March 1929, Page 7
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139WHALE CHASER SINKS AMID ANTARCTIC ICE Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6851, 5 March 1929, Page 7
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