The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-25
TALE OF A WHALE.
Sea Dogs Lively Experience
Off Cape Flattery.
TowED BY MONSTER IEviATHAN
Ine Great Cctacean Finally Killed by
. Rifle Bail-Narrow Escape OF
Boatss Crew.

About sixty miles OF Care F'sastery. rs
ing and failing with each pulsAsscn OF the
ocean . q long. black ehYecs looking Ike
the bottom az an overturned schooner.
BIT the careful mariner who investigates
closely with intent Of reporting the wreck
20 the autographs office. viii ana
Whale 90 feet long. minus tall and with
buffet hole In his head. Thereby hangs
tale one % the weird and irresponsible
creations OF fisherman. aad the tai
which erstwAfle decorated the extremity
Of tie monster bears 10 small part IN the
story Tas sleop wyolA arrived from the
Es6lng banks yesterday With a good cs&cA
ot haIieu<. and Capt TInoseteshey, hsr
master. had an experience 10 relats.
III IS not much Of story" ne said yes
terSiAy afternoon. panSing IN his work cf
unloading The catch OF the vessel. "eat -
was an experiences"
After drawing snls distinction as TO the
nature Of the recital. he dove snto the par
ticaiars. Five days ago" he said. I'VE
set our lines out OF the banks for hAlssas.
The next Day when We weat ost we found
a big whale caught "a them by the tai.
II Nas thrashing about ana twisting the
lines and We went our ia doTy 10 let II
free. We had hard fight. as the sntp
knife was lest. and finally the derry was
tangled Up with the fish. Away Il went
over the water AXE a race horse. On and
the water like a paddle wheel and the
little boat rushing through the spray.
which wet tho men cudGEed together n
the stern. I though We were bound Tor
Ber,ng sea. for we were headed due north
and the animal seemed strong enough TO
pull Us all around the world.
I'VE went about fifteen miles In this
manner and came in sight % the schooner
Annie. The big fish was going as fast
as ever and showed no slSns 81 firing.
The men on the Annie saw something Was
the matter. and one OF The crew named Hoo
gan. who was used TO sailing IA whaling
ship from New Bedford. ran into the
cabin ana gas his rife. just as he came
on deck the whale sprang fifteen feet
Into the air. and as tha form was ali oS-
posed Hogan took shot The monster
fen hack in the ocean and sank from sight.
A short time later IL rose again and turned
on It's back. stone dead.
THE shot had struck IL n the head. and
being an explosive bullet killed Instantly.
Tho dead whale was towed alongside the
Annie and we cut or the tail TO bring
back as a curiosity. From It'd 10 tip the
tail measured sixteen feet. a day or SO
later the wyola finished her catch OF hal
!hut and started to return. We anchored
IN Neah bay Saturday at midnight and all
hands turned in 20 sleep. Just as / was
getting drowsy 7 heard "A growing sound
above and went up 10 see what was going
on. There on the deck Just as we left
IL was the whales tail. while chawing
away at each nm we're two sea Hons. After
81 much trouble / thought X
would be q shame 10 lose that
tail. 50 ran below after re-
volver. Before could return 10 the
deck I heard splash and when 4 got
above again ready 10 shoot. the sea lions
had disappeared and taken the tail with
Them
Thus the experience concluded. and Capt.
Tamofe Ttehy went back TO his work OF
unloading haiibut