Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-11
CuAsIsG THE WHALE.
Captured and Landed on che Beach
AT Eewes. Delaware.

The whale which was seen in The DelI-
ware river at several different point, Last
week j. dead. On Tuc.dIy morning. when
inf la.np-icnder on the Delaware Break
water ", nj up in M" lizht.tpWcr 10 par out
On, lamps, he saw what appeared % lin .
fc the bottom Of M upurnei yr'-.i slowly
drifting toward The >j0no.Vln. ilr
weakened thc operator in .h- United state
-i.nal Department, and, Dog The all %
loNoIiul gla>s,,, discovered The object o.
+ o. the upiurned body oi some orcln l'yig-
than. Il Tu, floating ON III" surface m the
midst Of large hciI ~ drIlt-i.c and appl-
rrrtiy liiClo>,.
Tie crews ~ several vessels in the harbor
discovered the body about this time, and bY
trc activity displayed aboard of some Of
tntm il wa, evident thst an expedition was
out o. bc Organized Tor it, capture. The
operator Immediately caJlrj ashore D.
l.xes. Del, that the carcass % q dad
whale va. floating just outside oi
fc Brcsawatcr. Jack Lynch. VIII
enjoys the reputation oi "a veteran
vialr.lunter W., imm dilt-ly no.
m,d. H. quickly collected @ num)r ~
ru>tom-house bnlfmrn, and t,blug I. q.
N.ulrs lr,c suri-hOlt and a quantity ~
indictments. such IL rope. aN'', and hir-
Rooms. launched the boat intothc -u-f, which
W running very high a! the time. After
cIi,iZlng twice, the boat with u, venture.
,ouc crew finally got ont over t1r line ~
I'll. .uTf and va, soon pulling iu tl' dir'c-
ton Of the whale, location.
About thi, time boat mlunci by four
sailors was seen u put out fTom the
schooner Lurena, of S,mer-', Point. ~
soon a Captain Jack discovered the inter.
Toner he urged hi, crew to redpubled
efforts. and from their experience in making
their way through the ice il was evident
That ihey were gaining on the schooner :
boat. II now became regullr stern chl~e.
and - the occupants ii each boat wcr"
lwarc Of the sum Of money 10 br relied
from the whales clrci,- they pulled with
on their strength. After fighting Their
WY through he ice for about two hours
tie surf boat drew up abreast %! the In
rena's yaEl. By this time the crews %
Very nearly an toe vessels in the hcbOr
vOe up in 'hc rigging shouting word. II
,ucOUagCnt 10 the c1nte,tlnc prizes.
At ihs iuucture ths or u.ed by Peter
Martin became eutIn-'cd in . cake OK ice
ga a snapped Oh close 10 the handle. TIE
Lurcna'> boat then gradually drew aleli,
and ior The time IL looked - though they
were going 10 win the pgiZr. With ready
nird and a strong arm CIp.aiu JACK
tnreW hi, steering paddle over the suuW1ie
q the boat ana into M1Itn'- hands. Aiirr
tn. exciting episode tie schooner, cr.sy
2aduglly bean 10 lose heart and fla.i'
cropped out Of the race altogether, l'ayin-
tie >urf-5oat in undi. puted possession @.
lie prize.
The victor, drove harpoon irmly into
the body and attached a rope 10 IL. Thea
began the struggle. The ebL-tiie hal BE-
gun o. now, and for some time n looked -
though the boat, whale, and lie would ell be
carried out to sea together. Win iud1mi-
table pluck captain JACK still retained BIZ
hold on The carcaS, until the tu2 GeDr-5
V. Pride, Jr., seeing The plight % M
l0at'. crew, came to their a,>i,tInce and
ioWrd the whale aud boat INFO the Break
water. where. after several hours hard
labor. TIE carcas, was inally landed on the
bosch above The IRON pier.
The blubber and whalebOne taken from
the carcass, IL IL estimated, will bc worth
$500. When viewed on the bench il va
evident that the whales d, 9TH Sa> due 10
The i,ct That be bad been crushed between
two large fields Of Ice. The skin was torn
of IN large patches, and the tail was badly
mutllatcG.