SEA SERPENT ECLIPSED.
EXPERIENCE WITH A MARINE MONSTER. ! . FIFTY-SEVEN FEET LONG 1 By Telegraph—Press 'AssociationCopyright. Received 11.2 S p.m,, Jan. 17. Melbourne, Jan 17. The captain of the steamer Marathon states that when at the Cape, Captain Robinson, of tho steamer Armadale Castle, reported that on the voyage from England the vessel Btruck a large fish, which doubled across the nose of the steamer. In itß violent eilorts to free itself, it marked the paint on both sides, showing a length of 57 feet. The girth was about the diameter of the ship’s lifeboat. The bead was blunt and barrel shaped, the eye fairly large and protruding ; the body was a greeny brown, with largo dark spots on tho back and sides. The underparts were dull white. Owing to violent contortion the captain was unable to verify whether it was fish or mammal. After a quarter of an hour the steamer was freed ; then the fish sank, tail first.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1357, 18 January 1905, Page 2
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