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THE EVENING STORY One of World-Famous Works of Literature Wrecked by a Whale. BY CAPT. DEBLOIS. Capt. John 8 Deblols of New Bedford, Mass.. ‘wiote thi unt of a_ship de. atroved by a whale, an account which was gyomn to by n embers of his crew. e events described are supposed to have taken place three-fourths of & Century ago.) ‘The ship Ann Alexander, Capt. J. 8. Deblois, sailed from New Bedford, Mass., June 1, 1850, for & cruise in the South Pacific for sperm whale. Hav- ing taken about 500 barreis of ofl ™ the Atlantic, the ship proceeded on her voyage to the Pacific. Nothing of un- usual interest occurred until, when passing Cape Horn, one of the men, named Jackson Walker of Newport, N. H. was lost overboard In a storm. Reaching the Pacific she came up the coast and stopped at Valdivia, on the coast of Chile, for fresh provisions, and the 31st of May, last, she called at Paita for the purpose of shipping a man. The vessel proceeded on her re- turn voyage to the South Pacific. On the 20th of August, last, she reached what is well known to all whalers as the “offshore ground,” in latitude 5 degrees 50 minutes S., longi- tude 120 degrees W. In the morning of that day, at about 9 o'clock, whales were discovered in the neighborhood and about noon the same day they succeed- ed in making fast to one. Two boats had gone after the whales, the larboard and the starboard, the former com- manded by the first mate, the latter by Capt. Deblois. ‘The whale which they had struck was harpooned by the larboard boat. After running some time the whale turned upon the boat and, rushing at it with tremendous violence, lifted open its enormous jaws, and taking the boat in, actually crushed it into fragments as small as a common chairl Capt. Deblois immediately struck for the scene of the disaster with the star- board boat and succeeded, against all expectation, in rescuing the whole crew ©f the boat—nine in number! ‘There were now 18 men in the star- ‘board boat, consisting of the captain, the first mate and the crews of both boats. The frightful disaster had been witnessed from the ship and the waist boat was called into readiness and sent to their relief. The distance from the ship was about § miles. As soon as the waist boat arrived, the erews were divided, and it was de- termined to pursue the same whale, and The waist bost, commanded by the first mate, was in advance. As soon as the whale perceived the demonstra- tion made upon him, he suddenly turned in his course, and making a tremend- ous dash at this boat, seized it with his widespread jaws, and crushed i$ to atoms, allowing the men barely time to escape by throwing themselves into the ocean. Capt. Deblois, again seeing the peril- ous condition of his men, at the risk of meeting the same fate, directed his bost 4o hasten to their rescue, and in a short time succeeded in saving them all from a death little less horrible than that which they had twice as narrowly escaped. He then ordered the boat to put for the ship as speedily as possible, and no sooner had the order been given than they discovered the monster of the deep making toward them with his jaws widely extended. Fortunately, ~the monster came up and passed them at a short distance. The boat then made her way to the ship and they all got on board in safety. After reaching the ship u boat was dispatched for the oars of the demolish- ed boats, and it was determined to pursue the whale with the ship. As soon as the boat returned with the oars, sail was set, and the ship pro- ceeded after the whale. In a short time she overtook him, aand a lance ‘as thrown into his he: ‘The ship passed on by and immediately afterward they discovered that he was making for it. As he came up near her, they hauled on the wind, and suffered the monster to pass. After he had fairly passed, they took off to overtake and attack him again. When the ship had reached within 50 rods of him, they discovered that the whale had settled down deep below the surface oi the water, and, as it was near sundown, they concluded to give up the pursuit. Capt. Deblois was at this time stand- ing in the night-heads on the larboard bow, with lance in hand, ready to strike the mom%:- L} fieldly blow lhnuk{” he appear. The ship was mo about five knots, 'henv he dluo?:rl;d the ‘whale toward her at the rate of about 15 knots. In an instant the monster struck the ship with tremend- ous violence, shaking her from stem to stern. She quivered under the violence :r r::; shock, as if she had struck upon Capt. Deblols immediately descended ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929. mate to cut away the anchors and get the cables overboard, to keep the ship from sinking, as sh< had a large quanity of pig-iron on board. In doing this the mate succeeded in getting only one anchor and one cable clear, the other having been fastened round the foremast. The ship was then sinking rapidly. The captain went to the cabin. where he found three feet of water: however, he succeeded in procuring a chronometer, sextant and chart. Reaching the decks, he ordered the boats to be cleared away and the water and provisions to b taken, as the ship was keeling over., He again descended to the cabin, but the water was rush- ing in so rapidly that he could procure nothing. He then came up on deck, ordered all hands into the boats and was the last to leave the ship, which he did by throwing himself into the sea and swimming to the nearest boat. The ship was on her beam end, top-gallant yards under the water. ‘They then pushed off some distance, expecting her to sink in a very short time. Upon examination of the stores they had been able to save it was dis- covered that they had only 12 quarts of water and not a mouthful of pro- visions of any kind! The boats con- tained 11 men each, were leaky and night was coming on. They were obliged to bale them all night to keep them from sinking! Next day, at daylight, they returned to the ship, their intention being to cut away the masts, but fearful that the moment the masts were cut away the ship would go down, no one¢' dared to venture on board but the captain. With a single hatchet he went on board, cut away the mast and the ship was righted. The boats then came up and the men by the sole aid of spades cut away the chain cable from around the forem hich got the ship nearly STOMACH TROUBLE |NDIGEST TO00 MUCH ACID lAcm :‘:;“hfl'ly'imm ES. FioN ACTDORIS, S GASSINESS, OUR STOMACH, SICK HEAD- ATRIINISE HRY AND ACID REEUMA- acid, L l‘l:. w digestive ‘AED!NI‘!‘P‘NWM - nmfl‘dfl'hlahhmmflud"ns flnlmmt:flnr. Mone; antee. or e on her keel, The men then tled ropes around their bodies, got into the sea and cut a hole through the decks to get out provisions. They could pro- cure nothing but 5 gallons of vinegar and 20 pounds of wet bread. The ship threatened to sink and they deemed it prudent to remain by her no longer, 80 they set sail in their boats. On ‘the 22d of August at about § o'clock p.m., they had the indescriba- ble joy of seeing & ship in the distance. ‘They made s and were soon an- swered and in a short time thal were reached by the ship Nantucket of Nan- tucket, Mass., Capt. Gibbs, who took them all on board, clothed and fed them and extended to them in every way the greatest hospitality. P On the succeeding day Capt. G went to the wreck of the fll-fated Ann Alexander for the purpose of trying to procure something, but, as the sea was rough and the aitempt considered dangerous, he abandoned the project. The Nantucket then sct sail for Paita, where she arrived on the 15th of Sep- tember and where she landed Capt. Deblois and his men. Capt. Deblois was kindly received and hospitably en- [ went on to explain that light waves, or waves in ether, are like sound wavt or waves in air, only faster. When an tertained at Paita by Capt. Bathurst, an_English gentleman, residing there and subsequently took passage on board the schooner Providence, Capt. Star- buck, for Panama. RAYS HAVE SAME SPEED. From the Los Angeles Times. In a beam of lighy, consisting of many rays of different wave lengths, do all the rays travel at the same speed? 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