'60 Captain Vetch on Icebergs. 



and passing the locality at the season when danger may be 

 expected. I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, 



James Vetch. 



Additional Note. 



Since the above communication was transmitted to you, the 

 public journals have announced several facts strongly confir- 

 matory of the great danger to which shipping is exposed by 

 the occurrence of icebergs off the south-east margin of the 

 Bank of Newfoundland. 



Ship Wm. Brown of Philadelphia, G. L. Harris, master, 

 1841, April 19., N. Lat. 43° 30^, Long. 49° 39' W. 



Vessel going 10 knots, struck on an iceberg at 9 p. m., and 

 a little after struck again ; at midnight the ship w^ent down, 

 with thirty-three souls on board. 



Great Western Steam-ship of Bristol, James Hosken, master. 



1841, April 18.— First iceberg seen in Lat. 43^ N,, and 

 Long. 48° 30' W. April 19.— Last iceberg seen in Lat. 42<^ 

 20' N., and Long. 50° W. Between these localities the sea 

 was covered with ice. 



It is singular that in six localities where icebergs have been 

 seen, as above enumerated, two of these are identical both in 

 latitude and longitude ; and it will be noted that this locality 

 is on the edge of the bank, where some charts only record 

 24 fathoms water, and v/liere, consequently, great icebergs 

 must inevitably strike the bottom. 



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rt, Iceberg seen from Corinthian, 10th April 1824. 

 6, Do. ... Ditto 11th April 1824. 



c. Do. ... Ontario, 24th March 1832. 



d. Do. ... Wm. Brown, 19th April 1841. 

 /, Do. ... Gt. Western, 18th April 1841. 

 f. Do. ... Ditto 19th April 1841. 



The whole space from c to/ covered with ice. 



