The daily gazette., 1882-08-02
ElVcHING A SHARK.
/ ..s,se TO PoRT PENN
"FIsHERMEN'
: AND SUBURBAN NEWS
,.,.r IS Feet Long .,,. In " ,sS.n ssar,
,sa q, = At Terrible struggle

a.bsrmep of Port Penn
so stGrgso~ so~ treated to the greatest sur
e on Monuiy dr Iiyes, when an enormous man .
y Of thelr ~, .r,II, INTO their net and fought
Eng shark SSer,y gSe NV The fishermen, John
ams s snrenoon, anu So and had been the un-
sIlg all Il,,ms iU,sr Of bsd luck. The day was .
pY victims y, nr O tbe river and when the
@ ess drawn In time ana D ,lnne .ha sshermen,s r "
sS1 ssSiOa @ anything in II, the nsnetnien men, :
Aa'luSI mII High water came aDou.
y lell' md the two disappointed
'eOc1s s.9sn am to have hopes that their
srncn ~, U' change. Their hopes were
mgr Thsir luck soon changed. just
le0 nmsnced au to close in the net In
nei I eV,,l m,Ss haul, the net having been
y y y l1ooI ~ i1s east side, they saw huge
ulVtS y, q, g,ipr and then an immense nsn
euItuIT s.T aat of the river and dashed
\ ~ other side Of the seine, and
,.,,ut creating an aquatic disturb
IA !, tbe fisherman knew no sturgeon
a'IS ,noce hurried to close In the net, and
" \, ,sSuced its compass. The disturb
o,,ssd and the men began TO think the
ts,6sb had escaped through the net
M mrprise he had given them In the
ni.,eit Ia probable that they would
hssn @ hetter pleased had such been the
Gr,dually the net closed, and when
,lrle yasonly about 80 feet in diameter
wsa dash and q splash and water
n All directions. " never saw any
IKE Il in my life," said Williams,
Il about yesterday. 1t seemed 10 me
N the water inside the net
burst into whirlpool. Foam
hal directions and we had hard
ltel YOU to hold on to the net.
MI the whole thing was all going tc
In the midst Of all this the shark
I'd out of the water fully four feet. We
see through the flying water that nj
40 enormous one, but did not know
nat twas. He Lyruck the water will
lh and the next minute run uuder tht
HNng II out of the water. In doing
hs shark became entangled in tht
and he suddenly turned and almos
ou boat. Then such struggling yot
raw In less than no time the boa
hlffull of water, and thought VI
lMrely sink" .-1. ..
H@ did you capture him ~ "...
-dlfI'll ever tell you. It's one o
lnngest things ever knew of. lean
Paber much about it, only that we hell
aEim death. We thought he woult
IHIy with boat, seine and all, sure
khad gotten wrapped up in the sein
EOn tired himself out, and finall
1t ceased to struggle. The
bon got the gaff and stuc
him as he lay close to tn
aud the circus commenced agaiI
Es bad a picnic The dod gasted ils
dsrOud, nearly pulling johnson ovei
d, and the hook pulled out. He wa
Z eHraged than ever and the waite
lnl the boat foamed and seethed wors
lbeiore. Finally he got quieted again an
hnaly pulled him into the boat, and h
Ply broke II into pieces with his floppin
pitching, You may talk as you please
we were scared. 3"
be shark was brought into Port Penn
when he got there he was still alive an
|elous asa mad dog. He was dragged u
The steamboat landing and soon com
ICED to gasp and finally died. By actui
iarement he was l6 feet long, and h
f1led a picture of strength such Us
olen seen in fish. All Monday aftel
lAe shark was curiosity at Port Penn
vas shipped to Philadelphia on tn
nsr Delaware.