From John Vonderlin
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Largest Specimen Ever Killed on the
Coast Taken Near Pesca –
dero.
Word was received in this City yester –
day that one of the whaling crews which
have been searching in the vicinity of
Pigeon Point since the 2nd of August had
caught a whale. Two whaling crews were
taken to the vicinity by the excursion
steamer Queen. The excursionists re –
mained in the vicinity only one day, but
the whalers stayed in their small boats,
coming ashore each night. According to
the dispatch the whale was captured by
John Gavin’s crew, and in tbe struggle a
boat was smashed and one man was dan –
gerously wounded. The whale is reported
to be eighty feet long and fourteen feet
wide, the largest ever caught off the coast.
A tug was sent to ‘he scene of the cap –
ture last night and the whale will proba –
bly reach here this afternoon. The excur –
sion managers say that if they can pro –
cure the shears of tbe Union Iron Works
to lift the carcass on a barge it will be on
exhibition Sunday.
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Hi June,
Here’s an interesting, if politically incorrect, story about an unusual fundraising effort. Enjoy. John P.S. Cbsr.tabbec.com is having hardware problems, but the Library of Congress has a lot of California newspapers too. This is from there.
