Item - Wonders of Nature: Dust-Storms on the Atlantic

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Good News — v. 15 no. 368 — page 10
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	Good News, v. 15, no. 368, May 22, 1897 (Issue)
Date:	May 22, 1897
Edition Description:	Part of the "Wonders of Nature" department.
First Sentence:	Ships crossing the Atlantic in the latitude of the Cape Verde Islands often encounter dust-storms of longer or shorter duration.
Last Sentence:	Sand-storms frequently occur on the Atlantic, but the above is the only instance of a regular dust-blizzard of four days' duration in the memory of the oldest sea-captains.