Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
STRUGGLE WITH A sWoRDFISH
Monster Fish With One Stroke Pierces CaHboat and Wounds Fisherman.

Catboat and Wounds Fisherman.
 Christopher Norwaugh, one of the best known fishermen in the fleet that halls from Block Island, had a terrific battle with a five-hundred1pound swordfish and sustained injuries from which 1t is thought he cannot recover.
 During the struggle the fish rammed the small boat in which the fisherman was at work and sent it's sword through the hull and into the fisherman's body, causing punctured wound of the most serious character. So severely injured was Norwaugh that the island doctors thought it advisable to send the patient to hospital for surgical and such other treatment as the case might neeessitate
 Norwaugh was one of the fishing crew of the catboat Lindsey, Capt Ed win Dodge. The craft left Old Harbor company with the fleet about sunrise, and when six miles south of the wire less station Wallace A. Mitchell, anoth- CT of the crew sighted a swordfish from the mast head The fish, the lar- gest and most ferocious seen this seas on, rose at full length above feathering g seas to the height of six feet a number of times. The craft ran down toward the fish and Capt. Dodge, in the 'spul- pit" made ready to harpoon the mon ster.
 As the Lindsley's head pointed up to the spot where the fish was last seen- Capt Dodge proceeded to haul in the line. The fish made no violent demon strafion until it was within a few yards of the small boat. and then the struggle began. The fish circied the boat a dozen times as fast as it could swim and then 1t went out of the sea clearing the small boat The fsh's tail grazed the fishernans head. The monster dived deep and turning quick ly came up directly under the stern.
 The sword struck the bottom of the boat with terrific force, penetrated it, entered the interior of the fisherman s left leg and was forced through the fleshy part.
 The point of the sword came out on the exterior of Norwaugh's leg at the hip.
 The weapon with which the fighting fish struck the man was over three feet long and the wound it made was tearing wound nearly 30 inches in length. The flesh and muscles of Norwaugh's leg were torn from the bone.
 Mitchell saw the struggle between the man and fish, and the crew of the Lindsey went<to the rescue as soon as possible. Norwaugh was found to be terribly torn, and he was bleeding pro- fusely. Tt was feared he would bleed to death. The flow was stopped and. with the injured man aboard, the boat made for the harbor under both sail and ten-horse-p power auxiliary, with which the craft is supplied. Nearly all the way in the vessel was throw ing the sea over the bows. Every thing depended upon the earliest ar rival of the craft in port, where doc tor could dress the injuries of the fish erman The Lindsey arrived here shortly after noon, and Drs Hustad and Champlin attended the< man.
 They advised Norwaugh's removal, and he was taken to Providence on the New Shoreham, and upon the arrival of the vessel the man was conveyed in an ambulance to a hospital At this season the swords of sword fish are coated with slime which is said to be a deadly poison, and this poisonous matter is liable to cause blood poison and probably death. Nor waugh has a family living on the island. a
 Ia A similar battle with a swordfish Isocc,lred off No Mans Land, forty miles east of this place three years ago. The fish struck the fisherman, killing him instantly. The body fell into the sea, and it is supposed sharks seized it.
 The fish that did the damage yes terday was captured.--Block Island Wireless Edition of the Providence Journal.