Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — THIS STORY IS UP TO DATE [ARTICLE]

THIS STORY IS UP TO DATE

Electric Creaturts Besiege Ship In Gulf Stream, Sailors Assert on Reaching Port.

Boston.—A remarkable story is told by the crew of the British freighter Rochelle. According to stories by several of the men, the delay was duo principally to electric fishes, otherwise known as torpedo fishes, which were 'attracted by the steel plates of the vessel, and fastened themselves by hundreds against her bottom andl sides. The steamer was in the Gulf Stream, north of Cuba, when she began to sldw down. The officers were unable to explain the change In the progress of the crafL Several sailors said they felt a tingling sensation about, their feet and 1 finger tips. The steamer was held; back strangely. Membeys of the creel became alarmed. A sailor looked over the side and says It was plastered with strange-looking fishes. They were two! pr three thick along the port side under water. The starboard side also! was covered. As the Rochelle moved north and got out of the warm waters of the stream the fishes dropped off and the vessel resumed her speed.