STRUCK ICEBERG AND NOW TOTAL WRECK.
valuable cargo of OIL GOES TO BOTTOM. Per Press Association. INyERCARGILL, March 22. The whaling ship C. A. Larsen, which is anchored at the top of Glory Harbour, frequently communicates by wireless with the Sir James Clark Ross, which is now close to Panama. The Sir James Clark Ross reported that the Southern Queen, a ship of 9000 tons, had just become a total wreck through striking an iceberg in South Georgia waters. As she had 43,000 barrels of oil, valued at over £200,000, and the ship was worth about the same amount, the underwriters will be hard hit. The message stated all members of the crew had been saved by chasers. The vessel was owned by Lever Brothers and had a Norwegian crew. A later message says that thirteen men went down with the ship.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18419, 22 March 1928, Page 9
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