WHALE-CHASER LOST
CRUSHED IN THE ICE ACCIDENT IN ROSS SEA Press Association INVERCARGILL. To-day. Word was received late this mom ins by wireless ot the loss ot the whail chaser Pagadroma in the Ross Sea From the meagre details contained in the message, it is gathered th». during the voyage of approximately -A; miles through the frozen sea ihp,..’ sel was crushed in the ice .11111' sank The message stated that all the crew had been taken oft safely. ew The Pagadroma was one of the < chasers attached to the Norwpi-S factory ship C. A. Larsen, now retu rn . ing from a successful whaling sea£ in the Ross Sea. The fleet is due arrive at Paterson's Inlet. S*etr»" Island, on Friday. She was a vest.l of 9,. tons, and had been specially bum in Sandefjord, Norway, for work'in the
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 604, 5 March 1929, Page 14
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