August 11, 1926
Wounded Swordfish Turned on Pursuer
Charles MacVane, a fisherman
living on Long Island, Casco Bay, was hauled aboard the fishing schooner, Audrey
and Theo of this city just as his dory pierced by the rapier of a giant
swordfish, was sinking under him recently on Georges. The fishing schooner Alice
M. Doughty of which MacVane was one of the crew arrived
yesterday at Portland, after a 10 days trip to Georges.
The crew of the Doughty had
succeeded in ironing a big fish and the customary buoy was attached to the line. MacVane,
in a dory, started after the capture when the big fish rammed the bottom of the
dory. A piece of planking a foot square was torn away and the sword of the fish came
through, followed by part of his head. In less than two minutes the dory
filled. MacVane's own schooner was half a mile distant and but for
the lucky appearance of the local craft he probably would have drowned. The fish was
captured. |
