WHALING SHIP WRECKED
COLLISION WITH ICEBERG. THIRTEEN MEN DROWNED. VALULABE OIL CARGO LOST. (Pub ''lnixed Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, March 22. The C. A. Larsen, which is anchored at the top of Glory Harbour (Paterson’s Inlet), frequently communicates by wireless •with the *ir James Clark Ross, now close to Panama. The Sir James Clark Ross has reported that the Southern Queen, of 9000 tons, has just become a total wreck through striking an" iceberg in South Georgia waters. As she had on board 43,000 barrels of oil, valued at over £200,000, and the ship is worth about the same amount, the underwriters will be hit hard> The vessel was owned by Messrs Lever Brothers, and had a Norwegian crew. On striking the iceberg, the ballast was adjusetd to give her a sharp list to port to enable a leaky plats to be riveted. While this was being done the vessel capsized and sank. Thirteen men went down with her.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20365, 23 March 1928, Page 9
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