Show SHIP WREATHED IN electricity remarkable Ke storm through which an ocean vessel recently passed one of the most remarkable electric storms at sea which probably seemed intensified by reason of tile the fact that a car cargo 9 of spanish iron ore passed through etwas it was experienced by ish steamship mercades which abt arrived ved at this port the other day from bilbao says the philadelphia record on the grand banks of newfoundland during the nights of december 3 md 4 the ocean appeared like a mighty ma mass mas S of flame or an endless stretch of prairie e fires balls of electrical fires hissed and exploded in all directions and darted among the vessels masts maste and ri rigging 9 the Mercedes escape from going down on december I 1 seemed little short ci cf a miracle she was struck ky by a southwest gale which was accompanied by beas rolling high durin during the height of the storm P a huge deck derrick weighing many tons was torn thom loose froni from its fastenings and swept overboard leaving a hole in the vessels deel through which w aich the water ran into the cargo in its course it carried away the maintop main top r bast which was also of iron part of the flying bridge the after winch and part of the deck bittings At It tings soon afterward the storm partly subsided when the electrical fire appeared in an 11 directions it hung in big balls bails for two nights from the masts and fore and aft stays and practically turned night into day As the big fireballs came together they would burst with a loud report rt upon the vessel and disappear under this light at night such temporary repairs were made as were deemed necessary to reach port |