The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-13
WHALE KILLED
IN SEA BATTLE
Sailors Witness Cory F,gnt Between
Baby Whale ard Sword
Fish.

Captain Frazier ~ thu steamship
Bermudian. IN from Hamilton Der
muta. tells OF terrific encounter be
tween baby whale and a thresher
and sWordhsh. when his ship Was 400
miles south OF Sandy Hook
The baby Whale was about 80 feet
long and would have produced 100
barrels Of oil. Captain Frazier said.
while the thresher weighed about
1000 pounds and the sWordfish half
mat weight Hts rrst .numation OF
the combat came when the water on
the starboard began 20 boil and toss
spray. tie got his glasses and saw
The monsters IN the FIRST round OF their
combat
While the threshcr struck with fury
With his tail. decorating the sides OF
the whale. the sWordhsh would rush
Ia and pierce the whales body with
his sword. Withdrawing 30 and again
repeating the dose Then the thrcsher
would lash out with his muscular tail
again. while the whale. unable either
10 bite or fight back. save by putting
or striking with his tail. rushed hither
and thither ia frantic EFFORT 20 IS
cape
There We're six rounds % this. Cap
tain Frazier said. ia eacn OF which the
two allies held the balance OF power
Gradually the fight got farther am
farther from the Bermudian until the
glasses discovered the water 10 Dee
covered with crimson foam The
whale then preached. lcapins into the
air for his FUN length several times
Co. a nn1l Effort tO escape The sword
nsh ran AZ hiIu again. piercing has
bOdy The h.g animal rushed away.
sprang into the cir. and fell back into
the water. turning ON his side dead.
The pair al desperadoe- than LETT
The scene ~ each others company
and ver, -eeh no more
Samuel Clark iu -Four Chief and
%" Plantations Cf ilc English Du
America 1J1sl wrote.
About the islands tthc BrrmudasI
are seen many whales. attended With
the sWordnsh and th. thresher. The
swordnSh with bis sharp and needle
Ike m tJawI pricking him into rho
belly when be- would dive and sink
into the SEQ. and when he starts up
from his wounds tine thr--her Nth hi-
club fms uIiI beats him down
again"
Louis Mowbray. curator OF the &C..
quarium Of Hamilton. " no also ar
rived ON fhr Hermudian Vac author
So for fu. statement that nervous
prO-fra'iou killed several line spec.
mems OF The bermuda 0ctopi that Do
vas bringing here Tor the local a..
quarIIm
Sir MoUbary furnl-hs- fish Tor ser.
pral acquarius in tira 'uited States
notably the Cue ones iu Sew York
Detroit and cincinnati ON This frip
be- brought ~ IH tank. ryufHInInE
-Un Irhs- among them being three
dozen nu- specimens o. fha SEA- ar-.
NONE For number Of years boz ha-
been frJ lns f1 bring orfopl alive fo
Sea York and nn even venture fus
r-h died iu transit
Tn.. time h- arranged c1Ee
.Aung from .n- bottom o. plank
Shich ea- coated on Tue surface of
fhe water Iu fha tank fhe orfopi
we're placed ln ftl. rsz. .n order frHf
fns .|brs ou % he ship might rnt
affect them They at once hung .l
flr wires o. frr Gag. with fhe ron
farIes their fter turned upward Mr.
N1s ntry observed them closely our
uk me "trip and nheu nearing Sew
York .aa them gradually furu rff~
After fhi- change Ir their appeartrr.
fnnir fenfacIe- began to loosen unfI
aI we're .uo-e. when fhe fa1 dropped
f0 f1s bottom dead
The curator Dol OF fIe f-m opinion
.hat nothing else fhan sheer fr.Ehf a.
their con Fnemrnf and fhe motion Df
rn. chin r.War n|a rnfa lie fr|Ia NJ
their wonderful fenacIff ~ 1859 lu
fheir native waters There he says.
the natives catch them and cut OF
their fertsc.es. uIi-h fhey nee f0-
balf These frufac.es. no says. i've
indefinitely squ.rm!ng through the
waters. and eventually EefIrz ilto
deep uafer uhen freed Cleveland
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