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bill barlow's budget (douglas, converse county, wyo.) 1886-1914 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1887-11-16
Location: douglas, wyoming, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: bill barlow's budget (douglas, converse county, wyo.) 1886-1914 · 1887-11-16 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1887-11-16 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sea serpent”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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SLAUGHTER OF THE SEA SERPENT. A CriilMi After tho Monster of the Deep Filled with Many Funny Incidents. [London Rare Bits.l It was on a bright June morning, in the year of jubilee, that a stately ves sel of 200 tons of 4 hundred-weight and 2 ounces burthen sped down tho Mersey. Engraved on a brass plate over tho ice bow was tho name of her captain, “T. Jones, Esq.” Her mission was tho capture of that terror of tho deep—tho sea serpent. Tho crow of five hands wore armed to tho teeth, illustrating the old proverb that forwarned is fivo armed. He felt these noble tars, em bark on their perilous errand.

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