The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
Forty Foot Mammal Seen Floating Near
Coles island Dead.
MONSTER Was LANDED
Two Young Ladies First Discovered
the hi. Fish Floating in the Ocean.
Was Hauled Ashore and Will Boil
Down the I;Iubbcr and Preserve
the Frame.

The News and Courier SAYS Capt.
". R. Heraandcz AMI members o..
his family succeeded in landing .
rorty-foot whale on the beach at
Coles Island. near Stono. Sunday
afternoon The monster, which was
quite dead. was seen floating around
the inlet near Cap; Hcrnandez's home
Sun.ay afternoon. Immediately the
captain got busy. and with the assist
ancc Of mem bers OF his family the
immense carcass was landed Shndar
afternoon. after working all SAT-
urday night and most OF the SAT-
bath. How tie monster came TO be
in these parts is not known. and
the cause OF his death is as much 3
mystery as lis presence.
The whale was first seen by PhoeD
and Nellie Hernandez. They Were
walking on the beach Sunday after
neon. when they noticed great.
bulky object floating about IL the IN
let. Being unable 10 make out
what il was. they fastened 10 me
house and notified their father. Mas
ter Charles Hernandez put his yacht
in olaer in al! haste and carried his
father out on the water TO iavest!-
-7te. Crpt Hernandez Soon Disco
cred that he had whale n his
hands. which is abon; as unwield!y
a proposition as having IN elephan;
on ones hands. AS soon IS ne
learned that the big FISH was cute
dead Capt. Hernandez set about get
ting it ashore.
Secured with strong ropes. the
whale was lowed By The little yacat
as far as possible toward the beach.
Reaching point where they cou!o
not drag Il with the aid OF the tide.
Capt. Hernandez put the block anu
tackle system into operation. The
rope was carried around a pine tree
nearby and the captain. son and his
Two daughters began TO haul in.
It was a diGicu!; proposition. even
w;th so many on the rope 20 oucSe
the ish. It was not until high tide
Sunday that they succeeded in drag
=ing their catch UP far enough TO be
left high and dry al ehb tide.
1t was suggested to Capt. Eeran.
dez that he bring the whale TO the
city and have II exhibited. as the one
which was caught in the harhor son..
thirty years ago was exhibited it
Pregna!I's ship yard. Capt. Herman
dez had conference with Mr.. S. j
p-egnall. proprietor OF the ship ya-c.
AID they agreed that it would not
Dav TO bring the whale 10 me city.
for by the time it arrived I; wou!u
be in stage OF decomposition. which
would be dangerous TO the health OF
the whole community.
II will De remembered that some
time in the sos io-foot whale Was
caught in the harbo- At Charleston.
! ne SSelStOll .. Ills IL ~
the property Of the Charleston Muse
um. Prof Rea. head Of the Museum.
when asked II he did not think the
skeleton OF the present whale would
be splendid addition 10 the Muse
um. said that the skeleton OF whale
took up so much room that x was
almost impossible 10 allow space Tor
two specimens. unless the: we're OF
different types He said that il took
more than month 70 clean the skel-
cton and put it IN condition 20 be
exhibited. He said that he was very
anxious TO get tie exact measure
ments OF the whale a, Coles Island
and all the particulars about II pos
Sibie