Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1912 — SHIP DISCOVERS BIG BERG [ARTICLE]

SHIP DISCOVERS BIG BERG

Steamer Canada Has Narrow Escape From Collision With Mammoth Obstacle in Northern Track. Washington, Oct. 18.—The hydrograph of the navy department has sent out warnings as far as it could reach to trans-Atlantic ships of the discovery by the steamship Canada of a monster iceberg and a whole family of little ones on the northern steamship track. The Canada plies between Liverpool and Halifax She narrowly escaped collision Wednesday night with the great iceberg which she reports in latitude 50.29 longitude 58.55%. The bergs are moving south and will in time reach the southern track, which will be a matter of keen concern to a large proportion of the trans-Atlan-tic steamships.