LEAVING “LITTLE AMERICA.”
Byrd Homeward Bound
VICTORY FOR ICE-SHEATHED SHIP. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received February 20, 9.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 20. Commander Byrd’s ship, City of New York, left the Bay of Wales at 9.30 on Wednesday morning. “This weather-beaten, ice-heathed ship,” said the message, “means letters and home, and the way back to civilisation.”
“A GREAT SIGHT.” RELIEF SHIP REACHES BAY OF WALES. (By Russell Owen—Copyrighted 1928, by " New York Times ” Company, and " St. Louis Post-Despatch.”! BAY OF WHALES, February 18. The City of New York pulled into the Bay of Whales this evening, sheathed in ice. It was a great sight. She is the first ship in this year. Now she is lying alongside the ice and will be loaded in a few hours and be ready to leave to-morrow. Last year she took twenty-one days from Little America to New Zealand. (All rights for publication reserved throughout the World—Wireless to 44 New York Times.”)
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18499, 21 February 1930, Page 9
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