The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-11
SHARKS lNTIIE NORTH RIVER
OFFICER BRTCE's STORY or ms SOUS
ENCOUNTER UITH ONE or rum.


swan, IN the wake or - Row bont-StiIi
Another iton-ter Caught the Following Day
"T Soc" Superintendent Walling, while
seated in his Office. snid Yesterday. TINT some
Of the newspapers say that the contest between
the shark and the hoy Charles Gates noHr South
brooklyn was the first affair Of the kind that
has happened In the waters around this city
That's a mistake. for when was Captain " tho
Thirty-sovcnth street police far worse case
happened right in the North river The bows
namc was Henry Brioc. and his futhor is now
detailed officer in the o0lce Of the Mayors
Mar-hnL know thn affair created Intense *
element At Tho time. and was Obliged a. driuil
officers to keep tho crowds away from Mr.
Bricc's house and the dork. ! guess old Mr.
Bricc can give you the particulars"
The reporter found Onieer Brcc a, the Mar
shul'- olllcc
"On the evening Of the llth Of AUGUST tsGl. 3"
Mr. Bricc said. my son Henry, who Wis then
- years Of age left our house. ijl Thirty
seventh street to take a walk Like an bows.
he was fond Of fishing on the docks and bathing
in the river; go he went 90 the dock nt the foot
Of the street Thriy-sevrnth street North
river. and sat down on the string piece. II WAS
about o'clock, when a bout rowrd over from
schooner lying in the stream, aud the sailors
asked Horny II he would mind the boat while
they wont ashore and bought some provisions:
He said he would. and asked item If he could
row the boat out in the river and take n swim.
They told him he might but wnrned him
against letting the boat drin away He rowcd
ont about 500 feet from tho dock and as hc
was not n good swimmer. caught the end OF the
board, He had not been two minutes
in the water when he felt himself
sei2cd by the LEFT ankle and bitten 10 the bone.
A he says himself he felt the bones crunch. He
saw he was attacked by shark. and begun
hauling ~ himself toward the 12at hand oyer
lowed him right NJ and bit places ont ~ his left
lcg M TO- the knee. My boy finally reached the
boat and was camhering into 1t the b'st way he
$5 s tore to a~%y" 'nS iesR " lie ssv &i n
hack into the boat bleeding 10 dcnth. Fortunate
y. two boaimen. named Patrick Keating and
water, and noticing that h. was bleeding whom
he fell back in tho boat jumped into their own
ashore. tied their handkcrchieis around his
high. aud carried him home ON shutter It was
lucky that they rowei out for IN" shark was 80
rnyenous that he rushed at the boat when Henry
fell back in IL and bit piece a foot long out Of
tho gunwalc. When h. was brought home we
sent for our family physician Dr. Rodney VI
thought Henry WIS going to die. Thousands
Of persons gathered in the street ana ON the
Tho next day the boatmon and police began
fishing Tor the shark. The oifal dock was then
and Onleer John GHrside. while fishing or il
with piece Of pork on a big butcher. hook
fastened 10 rope. caught u shark eight feet
nine inches long. which was exhibited
in hshmongrr's on Nesoy street. with
Shark "" Which nj, h'niie lsm nS uo1 1rS
Erirr at Tho foot ~ West Thrfy--rventh street
Ihousands went 10 -ec ihnt shark. On the toll
lowing day. Aug II another shark. measuring
3 feet inches. was caught III th" fnl dock.
rms MRS Whe pIH 'rd IN WOOD IA frame
Truth avenue. The throng that eaiur 10 look
AT MN was -o great ihath"Y h ,kol up hc rnll-