The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-10-27
WITH SHARK
FISHERMEN HAVE DESPERATE
FIGHT WITH MAN.EATER.


eeatfle.-After a terrible struggle
lasting seven hours. q gigantic shark
&c feer long and estimated 70 weigh
lmore than fifteen tons. was captured
BY the combined crews o. the nshing
boats GOodpartner and Pioneer H. be-
tween Port Angeles and Port Crescent
recently.
The monster is believed to be the
largest nsh eve' caught IN these wa
tiers.
The Goodpartner and the Pioneer
H., much battered and batflesrained.
with half Of the crews nursing more
or less serious wounds. towed the
mammoth carcass into Elliott bay. In
spite Of the 50-horsepower engine With
which each is equipped II took the two
boats IS hours to get the big carcass
down from Port Townsend
when pulled 70 the surface the tan
was seen TO be full Of splinters and
blue paint as the result OF the strug-
gle 70 demOllsh the Goodpartner. The
shark is IS feet 10 circumference a.
its middle and about twelve feet
around the head.
The huge triangular mouth on the
under side is i've feet across. The
dukes Of the powerful tail are six feet
apart The body IS gray and covered
with tiny spikes which make Il feel
Ike a file
One result OF the sharks capture Is
that the crew Of the Goodpartner viii
never do any more Sunday fishing
Captain Dragich and five men were
hard at work early Oh Sunday morn
ing pulling up their big salmon net
They had not pulled very much Of
Il into the boat when the leyiSthan
made its presence known BY thnuD
ing the bottom Of the Coodpartner
with its tail minute later II ap-
peared alongside and bit the Good
partner amidships.
Luckily the shark had entangled It's
front FMS and its head In the stout
meshes OF the net Before It could
tear itself free three thicknessez Of
the net were wound around t.
Then the struggle began. The six
men on the Coodparfner worked des-
IrIatrtt ~ ArEN tue 1r-N u ANo 1l6
FISH near the boat and the death-deai-
ing tail away. Again and again Il
would rear its big hulk out Of the
water and smash IL the sides Of the
cabin.
Olaf Larsen. the youngest mem
Der Of the crew. had his arm broken
Captain Dragich was cut IN the head
and chest BY flying glass.
The Pioneer H. came to the assist
ance OF the desperate fishermen on
the coodpartner after about an hour
Of the conflict They towed the fish
and the boat 70 a sandy beach.
Tackle was fastened to a tree on
the shore and The Pioneers winch
managed to pun the fighting fish into
he shoal water As the tide ebbed
the shark was left high and dry and
its struggles diminished
At 100 p. m. Capt George Saeher
Of the Pioneer H. got close enough to
the fsh TO chop a hole In its throat
with an az. couple Of barrels Of
blood flowed out and the long struggle
was over.
DtEN1L9 AAIE ~ NNNlAlAA ~ 80 - "|A"
fered BY the various members OF the
crew. a big net valued at $1,000 was
destroyed.
When first examined the fish was
believed 70 be a whale or bssling
shark. but when the belly was cut
into after Is minutes work with an
ak. bones we're found which indicate
that Il Is a man eater The bones.
from their size and weight are be-
lieved to be human. although the larg-
est fragment is only four inches long
making Il difficult to decide
Another unusual End In the stom-
ach. which might be taken as an IN
dication that the bones are really hui
nan. Is a piece Of aluminium. now IN
The possession OF Captain Dragich-
None Of the fishermen could explain
n what the thin curved plate Of aiu-
rinum had originally been a part As
soon as they came ashore. however.
L was identified as part Of folding
Kodak
The leather which covered the aiu-
nlnum frame and the wooden parts
u the kodak had been eaten away By
he powerful juices IN the sharks
stomach. When the deposit OF grease
vas scraped from the plate the words
No. 5 Folding Pocket Kodak. Model
/. Patented" were plain.
Il If believed that perhaps the own.
n OF the kodak can be traced through
he maker OF the camera. as there are
Their factory marks on Il which may
ilow OF rs being identified.