COLLISION WITH A FISH.
A collision between a steamship and a gigantic fish in the vicinity of the Tong Tong Islands is reported by the Times of India. The Messageries Marltimes steamer Anadyr, on its voyage to Shanghai, .was Suddenly: brought to a stop by a: violent shock. The cause of the:'collision was found to be an’enormous ray, or flat fish, estimated by those on board to weigh from 80001 b. to 10,0001 b. The monster was lying asleep on the top of the water, when its repose was rudely disturbed by a ‘‘dig in the ribs” from the stem of the steamer. After the first alarm had subsided, efforts were made to hauLthe creature on board, but owing to its nnwieldiness, all attempts iu this direction proved fruitless,
sand tile fish, donVtless even more shaken, tlian the passengers on the l>oat, was reluctantly allowed to move off ami seek such remedies for the injury it had sustained as are to be procured in the inystei’ipus deep.
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Kumara Times, Issue 688, 11 December 1878, Page 2
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