A DARING VOYAGE.
11,000 MILES IN AN OPEN BOAT, By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. (per press association.l Albany", July 1. Captain Joergensen, in his patent lifeboat ‘‘The Storm King,” is off Breaksca Island, at the mouth of King George’s Sound.
[“The Storm King” is a tubular lifeboat built of mild steel. Her length is 30ft, with a beam of BAft. She left London on September 12 for Melbourne. Her crew consists of Captain Joergensen, constructor and owner, and a comrade named Nelsen. After crossing the Equator the small craft encountered very heavy weather, and did not arrive at Cape Town, South Africa, until March 2nd. She stayed in that port to refit, and left on April 16 for Melbourne.]
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 26
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117A DARING VOYAGE. New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 26
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