The sun., 1894-04-08
AMAGANSETTTAKES AWHALE
$4,000 WORTH or BoSE AND BLUBBER
REACHED IN TRIUMPH.

Two whale, Were s,es,ea s-d rive Beet.
Set Ost - Chsse-Oas Escaped srs e..
Other w.s Kiiiss Amer Lively Fiaht.
East HAMPTON. l. l., April 7.-ThIs was .
field day for old whalers In Amagansett. Soon
after sunrise two whales we're seen about .
mile and . half west Of the village They we're
first sighted By Gabriel Edwards. an old-tims
whaler. He hurried to one OF the signal sta
tlons which stand at each end OF the village
and hoisted q flag as . signal 10 the whaling
crews that whale was In sight A few min
utes later another flag climbed the tall stsff at
the other station. and soon the whole village
was in commotion- Women sounded foehorns
and bells, while whalers. dressing a. they ran.
piled out Of their houses helter-skelter down
the beach TO where . feet Of whsleboats.
ready for the chase. we're resting In the sand
out OF the reach Of the surf.
Capt. Joshua Edwards eompleted the first
crew Of i've men and his was the drst boat
launched. There was light wind from the
north and little surf. Spreading sail he got
away ss the second boat in obsrEe Of capt
Charles Miller. was run into the surf. Capt
George Smiths bost folio we'd next In their
wake Making svsrt effort TO overhaul their
more fortunate companions followed the two
remaining boats. commanded BY Capt Jesse
nearest the shore. while the other two crews
The hulk hui o. Sapssd v.ss IN va a.. soua
Of the sea The whole village gathered on the
As the first three boats approached the near
ss. Tb wnsis ,s the monster took deep sounding.
There she 9 blows" cried the Captain. a. tn,
black bulk appeared on the surface again.
withiS Sas SnS Soo osIs Ssfe S,ed to Sdysntags
Joshua Edwards's boat m an aged 10 get close
to "a. oif.sh0Ie side % the monster. SsDt: I'd.
poised. was Gideon Edwsrds % WITH VIZ nasISe sss Ss,
a' or'H uI sn SthT from eight sss
Captain the harpoonsr launched the weapon
II, was a good throw and the keen weapon
sank deep Into the whales neck. In the
1TSSinRiins TYR m Of an eye the lance was applied.
A; sh. j beat 'ss issDsd back under the strong
with sPrsy. The. next momsat the % Whale 'VSS was
Quick work was now done In the boat. As
the line went smoking over the bow several OF
its fsstenInGs threw the Whole thing SSs over. =.
mast only interfered with the movements Of
Raclng mile seaward and unable to shake
on its pursgers. the whale wheeled about and |
from the depths Of the ocean and continued
men overheard. This time the hunted mon |
ster took an oasteriy direction down along the |
coast for about a mile, Then It suddenly |
made westward and then of shore. 'O'"
Whom 1t was about three miles of shore.
Capt. Jesse Edwards with his crew drew |
sbs Wss sssSad sSs gS va: driven int
charged into the whales right side This |
bomb lance is simply a brass cylinder filled
which i ignitsd By the diseha%rse % Of the run' rue
entered the whales body: Both boats then
which dsrted hithsr and tSit6sr' i.D'- MINISTER
Smith fastened tGPd harpocn eAB Besi.seS sSrSs Ss
sll sides the whale endeavored to keep up the
tight and escape. but Its struggles gradually
grew weaker. until finally streams Of crimson
spouted from its nostrils dyeing the water.
Half an hour later the fight was over.
stead OF turning bottom up. as usual the car
csss began to sink. 1t required the utmost
exertions OF the crews to haul the huge bulk
TO the surface |
u, The second whale having been lost sight OF.
the other two crews returned TO aid their COM
rades. They also made fast to the carcass,
and after an hours bard work, the M onster
Vas beached within sight OF the Presbyterian
Church and at low water looked like Q small
mountain OF India rubber 1t Is about nifty
whale, Il 10 . COW. The whale that ESCAPED
Is thought to have been its mate
:. IRs ts crews ngpEs that nat the day,s chase viii
whale win probably yield about 100 pounds OF
bone. which Is worth 50 pound. and about 30
,srLels Of oil The work Of cutting up the
Ilnbber y VIII begin early on Monday m morning.
he men who Joined In the chase. A boats crew
guarding the carcass as it lies on the beach
o-night