SHIP COLLIDES WITH WHALE
INCIDENT ,IN MID-OCEAN Dominion Special Service. Auckland, May 1. An incident on the voyage of the steamer Baron Belhaver which arrived this morning from Antwerp, was a collision in mid-ocean with a whale, which was cut to pieces. The collision occurred on the afternoon of April 10, when the steamer was s 'li of Galapagos Islands. Several whales had been seen in the vicinity, but without any warning the sharp bows of the steamer crashed into a whale. The Baron Belhaven was jarred heavily and blood spurted up on to the foc’sle head. When the vessel forged ahead there was a blood patch on the water astern. One of the members of the crew expressed the opinion this morning that the whale must have been either sick or asleep, as their hearing is very keen and rarely are they run down by passing steamers.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 184, 2 May 1929, Page 10
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