THE LOSS OF THE VIKING.
DETAILS BY MAIL. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, September 30. . Details of the foundering of the barque Viking have come by mail. It is stated that she was struck and sunk by the barque Atlas off Capo Horn on the voyage from Auckland to New York. It was a bitterly cold night of Antarctic winter, and a gale was blowing. The Atlas, a steel vessel, was the stronger, and cut a terrible gash in the Viking. Seeing no chance to save the vessel, Captain Petersen called on his crew to save themselves, which they did, clambering over the bows of the Atlas as the two barques were locked together. Captain Petersen stayed to help his wife, to whom ha was married just before leaving Auckland. As Mrs Petersen was scrambling over the wreckage, the sea swept her overboard. In an instant Captain Petersen had jumped after her. Neither survived. The Atlas was so badly damaged that she had to put into Rio. The survivors of the Viking were shipped to Norway.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8546, 1 October 1907, Page 5
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175THE LOSS OF THE VIKING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8546, 1 October 1907, Page 5
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