WHALE CHARGES LINER
LE\'IATIIAN HAS FEARFUL ENail'NTEl!. I'iiTorngu'* who recent!y troii! ili" 1 l;uu!iuv;_ r Ameiimu L'oi»p-.\Hy« Fu«']>l BMium-k. at Plynnml I), itti v\tr;ion!iimry >lory <>l' ;i'i viU'oniittT bolwi'oii tin- liner ami a wliale. A- ( lie lint'i" wa- a|»j»n»aehiug (.'nniiiu i I lie weather luix.y. Iml away in tli.' dislaiiri- \va> >een uliat fir; l to hi- a \va[ei>,]iinil, A litllc laler it was vealised thai it was awliaii' Oi-|tinlinu' itself, ami shooting up immense volumes ot' water into the air at i'vnjnent. intervals. : 'l'lie aiipeiirance on tin* scene of ill'. l I'ueiM UisinareU was evitleuUy vesenteil liy the whale, which was between foriy ami fifty feet in length. Suddenly coa--ils antic-, the eroalure round ami headed straight tor the starhoard >ide of tli,. rdiip. I'el'ore the captain could niamuMJvi'' lo foil the wh:ile. it, eharjjed the liner with teri'ilie foixc, niakin.ir the shio shiver from stem to stem. The steamship, howover. was proof a shock which would liavo .sunk a small vessel. The whale disappeared, and its fate" is probably explained in the report or the captain of the steamer IVfigio lh>. when al»out a mile we<t from Hart la mi I'oint the ear< l ase of a <!es\d whalv was passed. It was 140 ft. in length, and rode Oft out of the water.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 4
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216WHALE CHARGES LINER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 4
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