Show A WHALE ATTACKING A snip suir the ship caban of greenock scotland winch which arrived aj rived there from Deme rara met with will a most anaro advent her homeward voyage about p in of the october oc tober nautical time when in lat at N long 2950 2959 W the ship which was ru running before the tile wind at the tiie rate ofey of 9 knots all an hour flour received such asey are ire shock that she heeled over several strakes strokes and her way was completely stopped while the nien mentho who were sleeping dg oil on the starboard berths of tile nib topgallant forecastle were thrown out upon their chest cli cil ests short ly after the shock an oil immense whale whole rose at a short distance from the ships quarter arid and after lying motionless for a short time as asif if stunned by the blow swam towards the vessel as if with the intention of repeating the attack it was a moment ol 01 intense anxiety on board but fortuin tely teis when dosa to the stern the monster wheeled round in tilo tho opposite direction and arid and dived throwing with his ills tail as lie he did so a quantity of blood and water on board it was a moonlight night and the bulk of the huge animal could be seen distinctly towering to a considerable height above the tile surface sur bur fuco faco when lie dived his tail appeared a d to those on board to ba be from thirty to forty fort feet out of the water the pumps were sounded ed but thes thos the shig ship ili ill was found to bain barn bo aking making no water tater from the force of the blow and the tile fact that tile second mate thought lie he heard a whale whole blowing a short time before the bohock occurred it is supposed the tiie fish made a regular attack upon tiia ilia ship and ws was not come in contact with while willie asleep air A estimate of its ita size and power may be filmed from the fact of its bringing to toa ton a standstill a deeply laden ship of five hundred tons sailing at the rate of nearly tan tun knots all an hour ilour greenock advertiser advertiser |