Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-11
A RACE IN TnR ICE.
An Exciting Time After she Carcasa OF "a
Dead Sen Monster.


Dead Sen Monster.
PHIrApRfPnIA, Pa, Dec. l0--The
whale which was seen In tho Delaware
river at several different points last week
has teen captured, and his hugo carcass
lies PROSTATE on the beach above the iron
pier at the Delaware breakwster.
On Tuesday morning when the
lamp tender on the Delaware break.
water went mp in the light.towor to
put out the lamps he saw what appeared
TO him to be the bottom of an upturned
vessel slowly drifting toward tie stone.
piles He awoke the operator ia the
United States signal department, aud by
the aid OF powerful glasses discovered
the object to be the upturnod
body OF some ocean leyiathan, IL
was floating on the surface In the midst
of a large field Of drift ice and apparently
lifeless. The crews OF several vessels In
the harbor discovered the body about
this time, and by tho activity displayed
aboard of some of them II was evident
that an expedition was about To be OF.
ganlaed for it's capture.
The OF orator Immediately tolographed
ashore to Lewes, Dol, that the carcass OF
dead whale WAS floating lust outside oi
the break water. Jack Lynch, who en-
JOYS the reputation OF veteran whale
hunter, was immediately notified He
quickly collected number OF custom.
house boatmen, and taking Il, q,
Maul's large surf boat and
quantity OF implements, such as rope,
axes and harpoons, launched the boat into
the surf, which was running very high at
the time, After capsiziDg twice, the boat,
with It's ventureRome crew, ilnSily rot ont
over the line Of the surf and were soon
pulling In the direction Of the whales To-
cation. About this time boat manned by
four sailors were seen TO put out from
the schooner Lurena, OF Somers' Point.
AS soon az Capt Jack discovered the In.
terloper, he urged his crew 20 redoubled
efforts, and from their experience In max.
Ing their way through the Ice
1t was evident they were gain
Ing on the schooner's boat It
now became regular stern chase,
and as the occupants OF each boat were
aware OF the sum Of money 10 be realized
from the whales carcass, they pulled
with all their strength After 1ghting
their way through tue ice for about two
hours the surf-boat drew upabreast OF the
OF very nearly NIL the vessels In the
hprbor were up In the rigging shouting
words OF encouragement 10 the contest
ing parties. At :his iuncture the oar
used by Martin became entangled In
cake Of ice, and snapped of close to the
handle. The Lurena's boat then grad
ually drew ahead, and for the
time IL looked as though they
were going TO win the prize. With a
ready mind and u strong arm Capt. Jack
threw his steering PADDLE over the gun
vale Of the boat and into Martins
hands. After this exciting episode the
schooner crew gradually began 10 lose
heart, and finally dropped out OF the race
altogether, leaving the surf boat inlundis-
puted possession Of the prize,
The ylctors drove a harpoon firmly into |
the body and attached a rope 70 It, Then |
began the struggle. The ebb tide had be. i
gun 70 flow, and for some time II looked |
as though the boat, whale and leo would |
all be carried out 10 sea together. With |
pluck Capt. Jack still retained |
his hold on the carcass until |
the tug George w. Pride, Jr., seeing tne
plight OF the boats crew, came TO their |
assistance and towed the whale aud boat |
into the breakwater, where, after several
hours Of hard labor, the carcass was
finally landed on the beach above the iron
pier. The bluber aud whalcbone taken |
from the carcass II Is estimated Will |
amount % $500.
When viewed on the beach II was evil |
dent that the whales death was due % |
the fact that he had been crushed be |
tween the two large fields OF ice. The |
skin vas torn on In large patches, and |
the tal was BADLY INITIATED. II Is DO. |
lieyed that the monster belonged 10 a |
great school which was seen outside the |
over a week ago,