Among Icebergs.
(bt telegraph.) Wexungton, January 16. The passage of the barque Kirkdale from Liverpool was an eventful one. She experienced heavy gales in the Channel. Portions of the cargo, which included 289 pipes for the Nelson gasworks and a qaantity of crockery ware, shifted, and it was a work of great difficulty to secure and restow it. It was also found _ necessary to reeve new lanyards, as the violent rolling of the vessel had almost destroyed the old gear. On the 9th December an iceberg three miles in length and apwards of 600 ft high was sighted. Captain Jones was first trader the impression it was a big island, and the supposition was only dispelled when he came close to the berg. For nearly 1400 miles icebergs were passed in rapid succession, the vessel on one occasion being hemmed in for four days.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 6792, 18 January 1897, Page 3
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144Among Icebergs. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 6792, 18 January 1897, Page 3
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