August 23, 1909
Swordfish Had Attacked Craft
Sword was Imbedded in Hull of Sch. Hattie
A. Heckman
When sch. Hattie A. Heckman,
which has been seining, hauled out on Burnham's Railway Saturday afternoon, there was
found, sticking in her port side amidships and just under the turn of the bilge, a large
swordfish sword, broken off.
The sword was evidently that of a very large
fish and had been broken off pretty close to the snout. It struck out over a foot
clear of the wood and the end was imbedded so deep that it had actually penetrated the
three inches of hard pine planking
The fish had evidently mistaken the bottom of
the vessel for a whale or some marine enemy and with the customary courage of its kind had
attacked it immediately with its sword. The blow must have been a terrific one as
the sword went through the planking. The struggles of the great fish to free himself
must have been fierce.
Many visited the craft yesterday to see the
strange sight. |
