The Salt Lake Herald

March 25, 1899

“SEA SERPENT STORY.”

Two-Headed Hairy Monster That Weighed Seventy Tons.

San Francisco, March 24. - The steamer Warrimoo arrived today with Australian advices. Steamer Emu, which reached Sydney just before the Warrimoo left, brought news of a supposed sea serpent seen in the Solomon group. The officers said the creature had two heads. They brought a portion of the carcass to the Sydney museum. The monster was covered with hair. It weighed seventy tons and was sixty feet long.

News reached Sydney that submarine eruptions had caused a tidal wave in the Solomon group. Two villagers were swept fromRakahanga island causing a big loss of life. Considerable damage was done to the cocoanut plantations at Siloa, headquarters of the Melanesian mission.

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