UNFORTUNATE DAY
OPENING OF WHALING SEASON
(By Telegraph.-
—Press Association.)
PICTON, 30th May
The whaling ' season opened to-day with unfortunate results for whalers. E. C. Perano Company's Surprise struck a strong current at Tory Channel entrance, and Kelly Toms, the gunner, was thrown against a railing. A small bone of his arm was broken, and he was brought to the hospital for treatment.
J. C. Perano Company's fast new launch, Miss Liberty, made fast to a whal-< in the Strait this morning, but encountered a heavy southerly while towing the prize to the whaling station, with the result that the tow-rope had to be severed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 14
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