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Show v i i a.i . 2 s -J . ' . . ' " T"' o ' t r " v r' r -".;: y - ' h v ' - - V " r . h x - 1 - " ' I ' i . . jji, v 1L xu 1 ... I - L - , J - TIirilIi:jExr:ri:nceofan , Old FisLerman and v" Sailer In Cattoat Off Ilassacliusctts Coast . EOSTON",. May 20. Capt Horace ilUlman, an Edgartown fisherman, has , f been towed by a maddened whale many miles out to sea, at a. speed equaling, that of a fast express train. Capt. Hillman and Manuel Correlro, a Portuguese Portu-guese eallor, were in the catboat Thel- JT, examining nets off the southern . "i-hore of No Man's Land, south of ,,,yartha's Vineyard. . JTliala Leaps rjrom Water. 1 Suddenly a finback whale leaped out of the water within fifteen feet of the . xT.helma, and brought down, his lm-'mense lm-'mense tall with a fearful swine. The m6at rocked violently' and both men were thrown prostrate. Then the whale started out to sea foujing the .lines v vhich attarhd th net tn the boat. " " tfhd towing the Thelma seaward. Correiro was buried under a heap of nets. Capt. Hillman was stunned by his fall, but regained his feet and attempted at-tempted to release the Portuguese, but i was unable to do so. - Bpeed of Thirty -Miles an Hour. -iCapt. Hillman estimates the Whale '"Towed the Thelma at a speed of thirty miles an hour. So fast did the boat '"tear through the sea that torrents of -feiater poured out the' broad flat stern, "and he was forced to bail continuously to keep the small craft from being swamped. To add to the gravity of the situation a squall approached from the k routh, and Hillman was obliged to bail ""with one hand, while with the other he fumbled at the halyards and downhaui. Boat Struck by Squall. ' " TTlnally by almost superhuman effort he managed to lower the sail, but It !i-swas impossible for him to furl it. A few minutes later the squall struck the Ehelma, and she was thrown almost on 3 "her beam ends. --;i-,After being towed for four hours the Thehna was freed. - Capt. Hillmay thinks that the whale must have slack-r,ned slack-r,ned its speed and dived. The captain was two days bringing the Thelma tbaxk to port - . |