12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division
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12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division
On 9 November a dead 45-foot long sperm whale weighing approximately 8 tons washed up on a beach south of the small city of Florence on the central Oregon coast. The decaying whale was initially a source of fascination for sightseers, but its advanced state of decomposition also brought what a local newspaper referred to as ‘a big smell ...
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