In 1847 one Jonathan Salmon was on the Arabella when he went out to whale. Things did not end well. A sperm whale flicked Salmon’s boat upside down in the air and the rowers found themselves treading water. Salmon then was taken into the whale’s mouth and only stopped from being dragged down by the oar in his arms that jammed the mouth. He jumped out of the whale’s jaws and was taken into a boat alongside, but the sperm whale knocked that over too and the second time clamped its mouth on top of poor Jonathan who was never seen again.
Death notice from the
Jeffersonian Republican, Stroudsburg, Pa., April 06, 1848
A letter received at Honesdale, Pa., announces the death of Jonathan Salmon, second mate of the ship Arabella, of Sag Harbor, who was killed by a whale, off the Southwest coast of South America, on the 8th of December last. He was in the act of lancing a whale, when the boat was struck by a sudden blow, with such force as to throw him into the water. He however, regained the boat, and was in the act of getting into it when the whale struck him again and instantly killed him. The accident happened on the day the deceased was twenty eight years old.
He also has a Cenotaph here Johnathan H Salmon
Death notice from the
Jeffersonian Republican, Stroudsburg, Pa., April 06, 1848
A letter received at Honesdale, Pa., announces the death of Jonathan Salmon, second mate of the ship Arabella, of Sag Harbor, who was killed by a whale, off the Southwest coast of South America, on the 8th of December last. He was in the act of lancing a whale, when the boat was struck by a sudden blow, with such force as to throw him into the water. He however, regained the boat, and was in the act of getting into it when the whale struck him again and instantly killed him. The accident happened on the day the deceased was twenty eight years old.
He also has a Cenotaph here Johnathan H Salmon
In 1847 one Jonathan Salmon was on the Arabella when he went out to whale. Things did not end well. A sperm whale flicked Salmon’s boat upside down in the air and the rowers found themselves treading water. Salmon then was taken into the whale’s mouth and only stopped from being dragged down by the oar in his arms that jammed the mouth. He jumped out of the whale’s jaws and was taken into a boat alongside, but the sperm whale knocked that over too and the second time clamped its mouth on top of poor Jonathan who was never seen again.
Death notice from the
Jeffersonian Republican, Stroudsburg, Pa., April 06, 1848
A letter received at Honesdale, Pa., announces the death of Jonathan Salmon, second mate of the ship Arabella, of Sag Harbor, who was killed by a whale, off the Southwest coast of South America, on the 8th of December last. He was in the act of lancing a whale, when the boat was struck by a sudden blow, with such force as to throw him into the water. He however, regained the boat, and was in the act of getting into it when the whale struck him again and instantly killed him. The accident happened on the day the deceased was twenty eight years old.
He also has a Cenotaph here Johnathan H Salmon
Death notice from the
Jeffersonian Republican, Stroudsburg, Pa., April 06, 1848
A letter received at Honesdale, Pa., announces the death of Jonathan Salmon, second mate of the ship Arabella, of Sag Harbor, who was killed by a whale, off the Southwest coast of South America, on the 8th of December last. He was in the act of lancing a whale, when the boat was struck by a sudden blow, with such force as to throw him into the water. He however, regained the boat, and was in the act of getting into it when the whale struck him again and instantly killed him. The accident happened on the day the deceased was twenty eight years old.
He also has a Cenotaph here Johnathan H Salmon
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