STEAMER STOPPED BY JELLY FISH.
« (London Telegraph.) A correspondent of the Western Morsing News gives an interesting dess cription of the voyage of the Crocodile, la the course of bis observations he says :— * On September 20th, the ship crossed ths equator early m the morning. On the following night a most curious circumstance occurred, which would hardly be credited, the ship was stopped by jellysfish, which shortly after oae o'clock appeared in myriads as far as the eye could reach, and thousands of luminous bodies floating upon the water gave the appearance of a scene from fairyland. Some of the flsh got into the strainers of the condensers and blocked the holes so that the water could not enter, and the result was that the vacuum went down and then disappeared entirely. The condenser afterwards became so heated that we had to stop the steaming altogether take off the strainers, and clean them. Three attempts were made po steam, each failing from the same cause. In this way we were delayed no less than five hours, but at day break the fish sank, and the vessel was able to proceed. The same thing occurred again the following night, the ship being delayed four hours.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 April 1880, Page 2
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204STEAMER STOPPED BY JELLY FISH. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 April 1880, Page 2
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