Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-11-04 | Page 5 | Second Stroke a Good One

SECOND STROKE A GOOD ONE remarkable story of lightning related by voracious veracious mariner in duluth down on the docks some days ago some freshwater fresh water af ancient mariners marinero ma were talking of adventures on the racing main began capt 0 J ludlow ot of detroit at tho the national capt II 11 said one it seems to me heard somewhere that your vessel was once struck by lightning while sailing sailing over the bounding main yep twice said capt H R happened oft off point aux barques bout 15 years ago we were boggin long when P rr thunderstorm overtook us its and the very first flash of lightning struck the deck amidships and bored a hole as big biff as aa my right leg down through the bottom of the vessel 11 and she foundered of courbet courset course no sir the water began rushin rushing 9 in and she would have foundered buti but there came a second flash and a bolt struck my tore fore to gallant mast maat it was cut oft off near the top turned bottom tom end and up and as aa it came down it entered the hole bole and plugged it up as tight as a drum when we got down to dry dock we simply sawed either elther end and left t the plug in the planks 1 11 washington horald harald