Bingham Bulletin | 1920-04-08 | Page 7 | Unlucky Whale

Unlucky Whale. Loose mines bobbing In the water hinted at the perils that were constantly con-stantly threatening our forces. In the tense Imagination of the lookouts floating float-ing spars or other debris easily took the form of periscopes. Queer looking sailing vessels at a distance aroused suspicions that they might be submarines subma-rines In disguise. A phosphorescent trail in the water was sometimes mistaken mis-taken for the wake of a torpedo. The cover of a hatchway floating on the surface if seen at a distance of a few hundred yards looked much like the conning tower of a submarine, . while the back of an occasional' whale gave a lifelike representation of a U-boat awash, Jn fact so lifelike that on one occasion several of - our submarine chasers on the English coast dropped depth charges on a whale and killed It Admiral Sims, in the World's Work. , ... . ...