ICEBERG REPORTED.
SOUTH-WEST OF DOMINION. A DANGER TO SHIPPING. (Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, February 22. The secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department has been advised as follows by the superintendent of the Awarua radio station: Saturday, 6.40 p.m.—The barque Favell, lat. 50 south, long 165 east, distant 240 miles from Awarua, bound to Falmouth from Wallaroo, reports it has just passed a large iceberg with two peaks, apparently 100 feet high. Later the secretary received a further report from the superintendent at Awarua: “With reference to Favell report, the master advises: ‘Two hours after first report the berg capsized, and is now low and dangerous, covering a great space.’ ”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21267, 23 February 1931, Page 5
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111ICEBERG REPORTED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21267, 23 February 1931, Page 5
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