The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
BAT TIE WITH SHlf|
FisHERMEN HAVE ps... Il
FIGHT WITH MAn.eATss
Find Human Bones ana = y
OAK n Stomach Of HUGE r,.s 3 IS
'hey Succeed in e.. N'' = |,
ting L Ashore.

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Seattle. After i terr,,,.
lasting seven hours, a r,sas. s'russs
sc feet long and estimated eaI' : shan
more than fifteen tons, Va. . seis|
by the combined crews Of ~ capsursa
boats Goodpartner and pion ,as n !,
tween Port Angeles and port .s =. y bt
recently. Ut Creseeu
The monster is believed = !.
tiers. 'nese II.
!, The coodpartner and III. D..
=, much battered and battlest, %aes
with half OF the crews nurs,sa
Or less serious wounds, to~s, ns''
mammoth carcass into Elliot, ' -.
spite Of the s0-horsepower ens,O OaA
which each is equipped it took I =. wy
boats 70 hours to get the biz cav. Y
down from Port Townsend : 'Ascas
When pulled to the surface y. ).
was seen to be full Of splinter, ~ -. ~
blue paint as the result Of ~ @a
gle to demolish the Goodpartue, 'u ~s
shark is Is feet in circumfersn,. ~
its middle and about twelve . y, y
around the head. ="
The huge triangular month =, !
under side is five feet across. ~.
fiukes OF the powerful tail are 81, ~. :.
apart. The body is gray and co nv y,
with tiny spikes which make !, Nv
like a file. M
One result Of the sharks captn,. !,
that the crew of the Goodpartner VIM
never do any more Sunday ashn,
Captain Dragich and five men vss.
hard at work early on Sunday mon.
ing pulling up their big salmon NJ |
They had not pulled very much !
It into the boat when the leyiathm
made its presence known BY thumn
ing the bottom Of the Goodpartua,
with its tail. A minute later II A.
peared alongside and hit the Good
partner amidships.
Luckily the shark had entangled nj
front fms and its head in the stout
meshes OF the net Before It could
tear itself free three thicknesses Of
the net were wound around it. 4
Then the struggle began. The d, /
men on the Goodpartner worked des
perately to keep the head Of the biz
fish near the boat and the deathdesl
ing tail away. Again and again /
would rear its big hulk out Of thA
water and smash In the sides Of As
cabin.
Olaf Larsen. the youngest mem
Der Of the crew. had his arm brota
Captain Dragich was cut in the he'd
and chest by flying glass.
The Pioneer II. came to the assist
ance Of the desperate fishermen o.
the Goodpartner after about an hoa
Of the conflict. They towed the A |
and the boat to q sandy beach.
Tackle was fastened to tree
the shore and the Pioneers vind
managed to pull the fighting hsn na
the shoal water. AS the tide sOba
the shark was left high and dry aM
It's struggles diminished.
At 800 p. m. Capt George Saena
OF the Pioneer II. got close enough
the fish to chop a hole in It's tnfoe
with an az. A couple OF barreh :
blood flowed out and the long stues
was over.
Besides the personal injuries ~
fered by the various members o. y
crew, q big net valued at DIV" y
destroyed.
when first examined the ,sn ~
believed to be q whale or pa'A
shark, but when the belly was :.
into after Is minutes WORK WIN
AZ. homes were found which indlsan
that 1t is a man eater. Inc ~
from their size and weight u' =.
lieyed to be human, although 'ne -, 80
est fragment is only four incne'
making 1t dihacult to decide. -.
Another unusual find IN inc :.
ach. which might be taken a. i,
dication that the bones are lea -, 4
man, is a piece Of aluminium n w.
the possession of Captain 1913 s,ol.h
None 81 the fishermen could e = =
81 what the thin curved pla1e =
minum had originally been . l pns
soon as they came ashore. uV ,.lalr
il was identified as part o.
kodak. -. IL
,n,rnm frame and the wooden
az the kodak had been ea.su .hafI
the powerful juices IN 1u . !, ~
s - an when the deposit O. 9 ~
was scraped from the plate .ss ~
NO. Folding Pocket kooa-'
e patented" were plain :. -
= i believed that perhaps o. ,s,e =
s : !, = the Iodsl can be traced IT,. n !,
the maker Of the camera % ! Z which =
other factory marks On :
aIlov 81 liz being identified
Not Her suit. s., -