Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 535
he captain of asteamer that arrived in Glasgow recently fromSt. Thomas reported that, when some one hundredand thirty miles west of Belle Isle, his vesselsteamed right into a great ice-floe field, which an explosion like the shock of a volcanic erup-tion, and the mighty berg was riven asunder.One… … ICEBERGS IN THE STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. he estimated at 64 miles long and about asmany broad. The steamer was held fast in the icefor thirty hours. Some of the icebergs thatpassed were from 500 to 600 feet in height, andthreatened at times to crush the steamer. As itwas, blocks averaging a ton in…
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