Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1912 — WHALE BOAT CATCHES SHARK [ARTICLE]

WHALE BOAT CATCHES SHARK

Marine Monster, Weighing Approxl* mately Eight Tone, Harpooned Off Vancouver Coast. While scouring the ocean for whales one of the little steamers working from the K yuquot station landed a thirty foot shark. The "wolf of the sea” is claimed to be one of the largest ever seen in northern waters and weighed approximately eight tons. The whaling steamer had been searching vainly for whales for several days and the lookout had grown tired of scanning the surface of the ocean. He was suddenly aroused to action by observing the dorsal fin of a monster shark cutting the water about 200 yards on the port bow. As the big sharks yield considerable oil, the ship’s officers decided to try for this one in view of the lack of whales. Running to within thirty yards of the shark with the boat, the gunner fired the harpoon from the gun and struck the monster at the first shot After a terrific fight to hold the struggling sea animal it was hauled aboard and cut up, the steamer resuming her search for the larger mammals. Officers of the Tees declare that the shark was the largest they had ever seen. It was of the species, common to the Pacific coast, but not quite so far north. —Vancouver Sun.