The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-30
4 M0N>TAR ~ THr sOtND.
Was II n whale or II Sea serpent that j AIRED
the Steamboat bridgeport

BrrpGrPoRr, Conn, Aug 29-"I believe
that there is q big sea serpent or animal az some
kinl ~ mining around in thu sound" snid u
genu imam as hc road the account printed in
TN SrN Yesterday. from portche-i.r J,''r-
"i', ~ Tia str .ngr creature which a gentleman
SAW u'ar Captain Island. - know that ih"
steamboat Bridgeport IN into one few nights
ago"
TIL SrN reporter found "a the steamboat the
i.,ht deck Waterman. VIM. Gamble an honest
looking. rather reserved man. and asked him II
he Anrw ANYTHING about ,Ac Brd,, port rum
ming into % sea -orp .lt
." don't know what It was. ne said but one
night. some three We KS ago. We were coming
toward New rk. was on the forward dock
On watch. W" had : Just on Captains Island.
pcrha on u line between the island and SAND :
Point. when all % a sudden ~" boat struck
something on the sfarhoarl quarter The force
81 III" blow WIS So great tina, IL quivcred her
from la W To stern. ! Thought We had struck an
immense los. anl rushed To- tho side % the
boat g. i0'k after IT, Just a. did 50 hoard a
no's", som.ihing between a bark and hi~s.
ana then a fearful hil pile - water AMI dark
form so mp II mounted ~ high az the mug
pole. and "A d.; ~ water WIS thrown on de,k |
WAS wet hy il. Then | SAW the dark object dive
down. There was great ioam whore II went
DOWN ',I, ini2 IN" water. snGw that We had strr (
loEs, bni can always TEN Thorn.
AN YOU tell now the thinS lookciy'
No II whs rather iark. AMI 4 all happened
wthin ~" seconds. H. WIS Tremendous bs
thing, whatever was"
pr ygu EYER -co am ding Of the kind il the
80. / rcm"ml when WIS on shin in tho
S S ~, ~ enc ny an inmsns" sunish.
aur ha'- n" d"n, that you struck living
Doubt VOL. whatf ovid II hn c'se? II
10 SlI e. II
the vessel md mat. a NOISE. But lou mig {
lruu: tIoy SAW 10; and Cart. Mlu- tile pilot.
dA; hUt he = X and AWAY. now
hayr hn n' IN H., H. s .n- s . ITl'i W.fs
wt ANYTHING Ike that was .riIn.: M me
hi- :. AI", or tour N"'ks AKA. when H.i' o' %
s,"fooari quarter. The nlow ~ terrific onr
fhd shook 90" wl'l' hoa'. Then There came
~ lu mmrn-' volume ~ wnt'r which coy .r.d
NJ" rward deck. AMI IN an instant it Wa all
%hat 10 yen think i was. Captan?"
Wei, s.ld 90 myself al th' tim. that We hal
strn.k q ~. n-h Il -onc Kind. AMI W. ben
Try .n% io thinN yer sine what . was Do
II ags' ngy" TN sg,h fish as YOU do not
Yes Il WIS very big fellow"
T." reporter show CAPT Weeks THE SrN's
Island, AMI asked HIM II il" Thought the animal
I'M, !, w. br.dgFepG,r -,gack wa thc :.opc
!isli. ana mat u the vicinity that the Porchrs-
ter man SAW IT,
ON. VS., said Charles Bowen tho wheel
man remember striking Nh" fellow vory
We'll. u was sudden. ana So lark that We toull
not s'e WY well. think he must have bon
asleep. fr-t t.rr" was a t"mrndl JUS ar. then
"A I'll" ~ water rosc ur " tn u hiss ng noise and
the water covered ~" do.k. Th"n the thiug
dow. down. II hapnonrd So qul that We
couldn't see il" shape OF IL: hut there is no
question Vat that il WIS xix fish 81 som" kind
! knew 10 an instant thN II wasn't lor.
nDvrr met ANYTHING ike % before ON the sound
II '"nlG not have been wha.', Tor tAeS never
run In here.
on" of NJ" dock hands felt tho inr nnd slw
what d" at first SUPPOSED WAS a lo- rise odt u
il that sounded like a barking hiss. Itihtr,y an
lmm"ns" amount NJ wutrr NJ, and rose about
twenty feet. Tho water all around IL instantly
b" anne mass uf foam. II WIS too dark e. dis
tinEuish the form oi the monster. except that L
W. long. dark and tap.rus.
II J., remarked as a singular fact that thorn
have been 10 Inrln.s'r seen in 'lp west rnd II
the Sound ihis-summer Perhaps thl, ,rcature
has driven them of.