WRECKED OFF THE COAST OF ICELAND.—The wooden barque Pourquoi Pas, which sank in a storm off the coast of Iceland, with the loss of all but one of the crew. The barque sailed from Reykjavik, Iceland, last Tuesday night for Greenland to bring back a small party of explorers, and was wrecked on her return, to Iceland. Among those drowned was Dr. Jean Charcot, leader of the expedition.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 12
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68WRECKED OFF THE COAST OF ICELAND.—The wooden barque Pourquoi Pas, which sank in a storm off the coast of Iceland, with the loss of all but one of the crew. The barque sailed from Reykjavik, Iceland, last Tuesday night for Greenland to bring back a small party of explorers, and was wrecked on her return, to Iceland. Among those drowned was Dr. Jean Charcot, leader of the expedition. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 12
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