Cape I'aoo. the south-eastern extremity- of Newfoundland, said to lie th..' most important headland in the world, is described as "an ocean graveyard." Passengers and mailboats from New York to Liverpool and .New York to Hamburg sail past Cape Knee, and some 3000 ships are reported every year by the signalmen, besides those which pass every night, in the fog, or out of telescope range. Yet at this place during the last 40 years—according to an oiliciul chart—94 complete wrecks of ocean-going vessels have taken place, involving a loss of 2000 human lives and £9,000,000 in hulls and cargoes. The chief causes are fogs mi currents,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 57, 11 March 1904, Page 3
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106Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 57, 11 March 1904, Page 3
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