A fisherman of the same town--the town to which the lifeboat that had gone to the rescue of the phantom ship…
- Date of account
- Published 1911
- Source
- Byways of Ghost-Land
- Reference
- Byways of Ghost-Land · selected passage 91
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A fisherman of the same town--the town to which the lifeboat that had gone to the rescue of the phantom ship belonged--told me, when I was out with him one evening in his boat, that one of the oldest inhabitants of the place had on one occasion, when the phantom ship visited the bay, actually got his hands on her gunwa…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyA fisherman of the same town--the town to which the lifeboat that had gone to the rescue of the phantom ship belonged--told me, when I was out with him one evening in his boat, that one of the oldest inhabitants of the place had on one occasion, when the phantom ship visited the bay, actually got his hands on her gunwales before she melted away, and he narrowly escaped pitching headlong into the sea. Though the weather was then still and warm, the yards of the ship, which were coated with ice, flapped violently to and fro, as if under the influence of some mighty wind. The appearance of the phenomenon was followed, as usual, by a catastrophe to one of the local boats.
Historical context
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Modern context
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