Show BALL BALI LIGHTNING L Curious Curious Incident Belated Rel led by an Un Unwilling Unwilling Unwilling willing Eyewitness American Robert Bobert of the United States State s weather ther bureau barea tells of an experIenc ee e with Ball lightning while at set sea seam in lied Had eon sen bay bR in The phenomenon wa s witnessed during a storm Happening g to secure re the upper hold bold on the foretop soil Mil brace the tile writer facing sternward again pla noticed the thunder heM head it apparently but a few t w yards yar above e the mizzen truck and while waiting g in i n went expectancy o for the thing thine to come sew MW s w a Mil boIl of fire the size of 01 a mans man s head detach itself from ruin the cloud and aAd sail sai n l Mite fuite leisurely to the missen ml truck stalk in inc which it exploded with a deafening g crash and sent a shower of hissing sparks s over o rigging riM Rf and deck k of J c the immediate l e wi san sav e one the Ule writer writt r can ea only speak from hom hear bear say lay When he regained consciousness Ite he h e found himself elf sUtton tUn propped d up against t the weather aide il e of oC the mainmast in tn the th right half halt or o 0 tile body par ana ac t his shipmates busily engaged en some In i n shattered clearing t away ar the wreckage others f In n nIng of o sound th e ing the pump to discover whether w the bolt had hati or not no t knocked a bole hole in the th e vessels Y els bottom The latter letter calamity y the Ore was probably averted i by the fact that tha t lightning had found an II easier ea ler escape e to t the water by way of 01 the anchor chains chain through ch the hawser pipes pi as both anchors anchor s had hd been made ready to let Jet drop in case ca o I of the U e vessels ve I I inability U weather the th e i rocks r ks The Tite one exception above no iio riOh and which he has accepted as proof that tha t the velocity vel ty of thought is fa greater than tha n that of or lightning JI was MK Ms distinct rean roe na at the critical moment that be h e had been en struck by b lightning and was wa s being hurled burled to the deck though con eoD failed him hint before he hil b struck k it IL He Ho also al o had bed time to io formulate the th e thought Welt W II It tt is ii all over with you yo u this tints time and feel rather ratho gratified at the th e supposed Mlp fact There Tb was absolutely DO to o pain felt t t not no t even an unpleasant on the th e contrary he M seemed an anre ares agree ably restful re position tRo hJ according g to his hH shipmates bi statements he be JIeva Was We e hurled with great violence into the th lee le e cuppers Of the other mm seen on the deck especially those e having hanc hold beM of the brace e every ety one ne was wu more or less ests shocked hut but bu t none were w re rendered insensible The Th e writers uppermost Up hold hokl on the rope bad bael ha d evidently deflected ed the th greater ter pert of o f the charge charse through h his hia body The par of his right rI t side moo was wu gradually y succeeded by a prickling sensation n and an d the Ute movement of or his limps hail had again be b be e come possible ible pos by b the tile time the watch vatch was wa s told lold to go SO below r Ii |