Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — The Maelstrom. [ARTICLE]

The Maelstrom.

The greatest whirlpool is the Maelstrom off the Norway coast. It is an eddy between the mainland and an island, and when the current is in one direction and the wind in another, no ship can withstand the fury of the waves. Whales and sharks have been cast ashore and killed. The current Is estimated to run thirty miles an hour.