INFURIATED WHALE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 7

INFURIATED WHALE.

TURNED SAVAGE ON STEAMER. (By Telesrauh.—Press Association.) MUbMdliU, .iuyuji 2; Slowly and ouroluuy, him one uiauo oi her piupuiior seriousi}' tut; WUJIOr XLUWE—OIIO 01 tUO SlUl'uy VCSiUIa 01 iuo :\ow z.ou*iintt H'naninj *_oiiii-'aiii' — cicc-iuuua up uui'ijuur, auu oertlieu tins everung. uupiuui liasic, manager of vae company, torn tiio story ot tno mlsliap to a "neraul" lepreseuialivo. Uu neunosuay last, in we lorenoou, tno lutwii was operating to uio oast ol Lavam is lands, between Wnungaroa ami luissell, wiieii a iairij- large mimp-oacK wliuio was sigutod. 'i'no men sticcu'iK'u iu Harpooning uio animal, but tno uouiu uttaencU to tiio harpoon evidently cxpiooed. uwir tno wnalos taai, anu taucd to Jail it, as generally nappens wnen a successful tnrust ist mauo. Tho animal infuriated, turned upon Sn6 vessel, and mauo a violent attack upon it. Before it could do any damage, however, the ropo became, entangled with, tiio Hawk's propeller, and, so violent were tho struggles of tho whale, that tho ropo'was cut in half, but not beioro one blado had been seriously damaged. Captain Nilsen, tho master, decided that repairs were necessary before the vessel could bo put into active operation again. Tho whalo broke away with the harpoon and a long line of ropo attached, and disappeared. As sonn ns things had been put in order, tho Hawk was headed for Auckland, and was soiled under easy steam. The vessel wil bo ( decked on Monday or Tuesday, a new propeller-blade fitted, pud her boilers will also undergo an overhaul.