The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-18
90 Years of Cures.
ATTACKED BY A SHARK.
Dangers That Menace Fishermen.
Poisoned by Mushrooms.

Dangers That Menace Fishermen.
Poisoned by Mushrooms.
st. Augustine, Fla, Sept 7.-Antonio
Pomar, a fisherman, was attacked and
badly bitten on the right forearm during
last night while casting his net for mullet
on the beach.
Antonio and his brother Bartola We're
as is their habit, following the inside line
of the surf casting their nets for mullet,
and while thus engaged, Antonio accident
ly cast his net over a monster shark in
stead, as he thought, over school of
fat mullet He soon found different and
brought about a life or death struggle in
trying to save his shark-entangled net
for the monster of the deep resented the
interference and turned upon Antonio
most voraciously, and Selling him by the
arm, tried to drag him into deep sea.
Bartola being fortunately near saved
his brothers life by beating off the mon
ster before the incoming wave carried
them to sea.
Bartola assisted his brother to their ca
noe and brought him home, where DR..
Rainey treated the wounds, which show
painfully the narrow escape the brothers
had.
1t is customary here for net fishermen
to cast their nets while wading along the
inner line of surf to waist deep and some
times deep to their armpits-a most dam
gerous habit, especially as several other
like attacks have been made by sharks
on the beach of late
Charles Byrne, two years ago. had
thrilling battle with a monster shark near
where Pomar had his fight for life last
night Byrne didn't escape with so few
scars as Pomar for his thigh and hip were
badly lacerated, and, after a years suf-
fering, a large shark tooth was extracted
from his thigh. Byrne and shark were
rolled on the beach, and only that a wave
threw shark and man further up on the
beach was Byrne's life saved, as the
monster, in struggling to regain deeper
water, let go his hold and escaped with
the next receding wave.
Miss Mary Sherman is dangerously Ill
from eating supposed mushrooms at dim
ner yesterday at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs w. j. Sherman, on Charlotte
street. Mr.. Sherman tells the Morning
News correspondent that he picked the
mushrooms from where he has been gath
ering them for three months; that himself,
wife, daughter Carrie, and Mrs Mary r.
Hernandez, visitor, eat of the mush-
rooms and that while Mary is in a bad
condition, and Mrs. Hernandez experience
ed only slight pains, neither of the others
felt any the worse for eating them. Mr..
Sherman thinks there must have been
fungus called "toadstool' in the mush-
room bed, and that Miss Sherman hit
upon 1t as they were all served from the
same dish.
Judge Rydon NJ. Call, in Jacksonville,
this morning denied the motion of the
city of st. Augustine to dissolve the in
junction be granted Bishop Moore and 8.
S. Leonard, restraining the city from in
terfering with them in the construction Of
a balcony about the bishops building.
This action is viewed as a victory for
the bishop and his builder. 1t came about
by the street and lane committee of coun-
ell adopting violent means, which almost
caused riot, to prevent the balcony's
building. The police entered the building
against the warning of Father Maher
and Mr.. Leonard, and the police and Leon
ard became involved in an assault, for
which Mr.. Leonard was fined $150 and
costs by Police Judge Corbett. 1t is the
opinion of all that the city is in a legal
hole which will require a snug slice of the
taxes to lift it out.
A peculiar thing about the whole mat
ter is that the council authorized the
committees action, then on application
for permission to erect the balcony decid-
ed that council had no authority to grant
it, and last Wednesday night on second
application granted the permission.