The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-01-08
ATTACKED BY A SHARK.
Thrilling Adventure Of Diver with a Man.Eat.
ing Monster off Honnlnlu

Ihriiling Adventure Of Diver with Man.Eat..
Ing Monster off Honolulu.
The water front had something ho..
sides the storm to talk about yester-
day. A diver, who gave his name as
Jim Hartley. cruised about AL Whites
all the morning helping to get steam,
schooners off the bar, and reward np
the loungers who placed them there
by telling of a wonderful encounter he,
had with a tiger shark month apo
says the San Francisco Examiner
Hartley said he was a deserter from,
an English ship, and had learned div
ing in the old country. When his.
funds gave out at Honolulu the first.
job that presented itself was an ex-
| ploration of the sunken wreck of a..
hardware-laden vessel on the outer.
edge of the reef. They rugged up
the only diving apparatus in the
island said Hartley, land I tackled
it. They gave me a little sloop to,
work from, and I found a reliable
fellow for helper. The only weapon
had was big knife, made out.
OF the blade of sheep-shears, l guess
anyhow, it looked as though it was.
l made two descents. The first one
landed me among a lot of sharp rocks
and rough coral Lodges that I didn't
like to move around among much for
lear OF cutting my air hose, which was
ola and not over strong. I soon went
up and on the next good tide made
announcer descent and this time I
nit the bark just right. found
mole In her port bow big enough
10 poke a house through, and
was starting to 60 around to the other
side when felt jerk at both air hose
and signal line, accompanied by g..
swirl of the quiet, clear water and a..
sudden cloud that told the story. I
knew that some big fish had fouled nv
connections. but I was not prepared
Tor what saw when turned nv win.
dows upward. A couple of fathoms.
over my head was the biggest shark I
ever saw, and man-eater il ever there.
was ore. What did 7 doP l dropped
hat on my back mighty quick. I knew
that he would settle down on me in.
about a minute and that my chances.
OF winning in stand-up fight would
De slim. l had two main fears, one
that he would break my hose and an
other that the fellows in the boat would
see him and commence hauling me up.
Ii they did it was sure shot that Mr..
Shark would take my rubber suit for.
the skin of Kanaka and bite me in
two while I was in mid-water and
had no fighting leverage for. my
feet was lucky; the man in,
the stoop never pulled a pound. In
minute, that seemed an hour, the
shark commenced to settle. He hauled
off few feet backward and then came
slowly forward again good deal
lower down, but still not low enough.
to reach me. OF course had my knife
all ready long before this. He started
to back off again, aud the next trip,
thinks l, would fetch him right at me,
mouth on. I did not want to meet.
| him that way, and as he commenced
to move l gave him the knife with
both hands right in the stomach. He
went like shot when the old shears
blade stung him, and sting him it did,
for l drove it good aud hard. with q.
pulling slash that ripped him open for
a good two feet. The whirl of his
forked tail knocked me fiat again and
kicked Up so much sand that I couldn't
see an inch. gave the line vicious
tug as soon as I could find it. and
away I went for daylight I passed
another one on the way up. but he.
was a baby compared with the fellow
down below, which was every inch of
twelve feet long, as I'm living man.
They got me into the boat and pulled
my helmet of, and as soon as I got q
drink felt better. I was all OF a
tremble for a good hour afterward,
and pint of Precipitation ran out of
my boots and jacket when I pulled
them off. didn't want any more Of
it. I made a report to the owners
that convinced them there was
no use trying to wreck the cid hulk,
collected my money and, worked my
way up here with Captain Griffiths"
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