Captain John Allan Midgett, Rodanthe Coast Guard Keeper who leaped into fame some years ago for exceptional heroism in saving the crew of a torpedoed British tank ship, and who is probably the best known Coast Guard on the coast, is owner and proprietor of a large whale which came ashore here some three miles north of his station last week.The while is the center of attraction for all the folk living between Oregon and Hatteras INslets, and elsewhere who are able to go see him, but Capt. John expected to have to dynamite his whaleship, or burn him up, since the warm weather last week played havoc with the gintic monster, and he is smelling too old for the comfort and health of the community. The whale is 65 feet long, and some 21 feet in diameter. According to popular omen, the arrival of the whale is the signal for many babies in the vicinity, and his coming is not welcome in the community, according to Captain Jas. A. Price, Superintendent of the Seventh Coast Guard District. This is the second whale to come ashore in the vicinity this year, one having washed ashore at Nags Head early in the summer. The whale has no value, except for the tremendous amount of fine oil it contains, but there being no whalers in the community, the oil will go to waste. The picture was made especially for this newspaper by Captain Midgett.
From page 5 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Nov. 13, 1925
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