Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1858 — Killing a whale. [ARTICLE]

Killing a whale.

Dr. JenkinS writes tojthe Southern Christian Advocate from Shanghai, April 2: “A remarkable occurrence took place when 11. M.’s screw-steamer gun-vessel, Nimrod, was proceeding, undm- steam, for the entrance of the river Min. When about four miles outside Sharp Peak, a violent concussion was experienced by all on board, as it' the ship had struck the ground; but knowing from position that such icould not be the case, the real cause was evidenced in looking astern, on their discovering a large whale severed nearly in two, blowing convulsively and bleedimg so profusely as to redden, the water all atound. The whale had, doubtless,; been struck with much violence by the screw-propeller"; and, indeed, the engines were brought to a momentary stimd-still by the shock.”