Iron County News | 1891-01-10 | Page 6 | Clouds of Dust at Sea

Type issue
Date 1891-01-10
Paper Iron County News
Language eng
City Cedar City
County Iron
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Article Title Clouds of Dust at Sea
Type article
Date 1891-01-10
Paper Iron County News
Language eng
City Cedar City
County Iron
Page 6
OCR Text M -S Clouds Of Dust At Soa. TlieGermnn steamship "Argentine-" imd a curious experience in her pns. sago ncross tho Atlantic. When north of tho Capo VerdoIslnndsthoBunsud-denlv VerdoIslnndsthoBunsud-denlv becatno obscured by clouds of small reddish-yellow dust, which covered cov-ered everything. Thouirh the skv was cloudless tlio sun could scarcely bo seen. This lusted four days, and attimes the 'dust was so thiek that it interfered inter-fered with tho mnchinory of tho vessel. ves-sel. Tlio "Argentino" was steaming constuntly during this time, and when sho got out of tlio dust, nnd dipt Scheon wns ablo to niako nn observation, ho found thnt he was several hundred miles nortlt ot tho Cnpo Verde Islands. It is supposed that tho dust wns swept from the twf islands by somo wind-storm. k
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