, 1879-07-25
Il SHARK AT BALTIMORE,
Ahe Lazy n1nnstcr that ttto Cp nn E4cuf-
Sion rarty'a f.,irch.
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2he Lazy n1onstcr that Alto TIP IN E1cur-
Sion Farty'a f+,it,cl,.
1alffHtort 7D:tits.
young shark, about five feet In length,
1nada its appearance In tic harbor yesterday
md eauscd considerable constcrnatlou. The
shark was Of light color, and resc.nhlcd the
SPECIES found In great numbers ip the waters Of
The West Indies. It was first acen about 8
o'clock In tie morning in the ncehborhood Ut
Lazare;to light b. pnrty Of young men who
were on tlcir way down the river in small
Tacllt. The shark VIVA then swimming aazily
along will, its fin sticking out Of tho waier oc-
cas!onn!ly turning nycr on It's back TO scizc
some moract Of food which hsd been cast over
board BY sone passing vcsso! 4 piece OF meat
thrown from tic dinner baskct Of one of the
party drew the chh close to The boat. A ecn-
eral opening OF tie lunch baskets followed, aud
rs each succeeding p[cco was cnEcry sciZytl and
deYoured by tile ttll, the purity had ample op-
portunty to study tic architecture Of Ns ca-
pacl0u5 mouth, Which measured fully twenty.
faus fnchcs.. As aoon as ille distribution Of
lunch ceased the shark left the vicinity OF the
boat nhd started on tour Of discovery around
Fort McEfrnry, not, however, until one Of the
lun9a at lin with Il boat-t1ook. In doing SO tlle
| vutluC man last hfs balance md fell 1Ver the
Ele Of the boat. lIe was quickly pulled out,
anil as be was hauled over the side be heard thu
aus jaws came together In unpleasant proximity
| to hts foot.
AnotlIer party Of ercursloniste, In which there
| were several young Indies. was coming around
| from tlc direction, OF the Hprng Gardens and
encountered the shark, which approached quite
| near the boat. Tic yuiug snon In the boat be-
gan striking at II With the oars, and In doI,g so
| nearls overturned thu boat. Tho sturk then
bcEatl 10 grow bold, and would swim arpund
| The bont, disappearing occasionally but agatn
| rcappenring, always. however, taking care to
keen nut Of The rencE nf the nars. The smaller
missiles II did not SEC = to mind mach, and d
German Newspaper, n s,fere nt umbrella ha,nllc,
| anlalt tins boz, nnt several other "trjflts y
we're swallowed apparently with Erent relish.
The Indies finally bcconnli,. frightened, tho boat
Disappeared.
Toward dusk d shark. supposed to be the
sams, ,nntlc tits appearance nrar Canton. scV-
eral buys were out In bont rowing. AMI one OF
tlrnl, Henry jackson, living In South DaIt!.
mere, was e!!tinE over the tow OF tic boat
stllnbh!,g his icct III the water, when tho fish
cnlnc up suddenly. Dofore thu affelghtcd boy
| !iati tirlr tn recover from, Tho scare TIL, shark
had bitten of the biz toe os the right foot md
laccratcd several oilers. 1'ne isi Was also
sem at Intervals during The day BY otl1cr per
a0ns, anu came IN near party Ut swimmers I'll
the 1.axasettn, but wns frightened Oh. II WE
| aso seen following stcaHcr out OF tho river
picking np 1he remnants Of tic stewards room
which wure cast overheard. The last seen If II
was when 1t was makng toward Spring Gar
deus. It's appearance In 1hcsc waters ocrn'
stoned considerable euFpriec among Ecalarlnl
| men, and Il Ia thought by sumo to hnvc becanlt
ilc.atchcd from sglio0l an1 followed Scsse
| III from eea+