The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-07
ADVENTURES WITH
NAVIGATING SHARKS
Largest Specimens About
Sandwich Islands
HAVE SHARP TEETH
People of Panama Wage Active War
Against the Huge Sharks
Terrible Adventure
of Swimmer
HAVE SHARP TEETH

shark. but what is called the man
eater just as a certain species of tiger
IN India is called the "man-eater" be-
cause it hunts human beings for its prey,
preferring them to animals
The man-eating shark is not the largest
Of this species os Ash. but is noted for
It's strength, also the Iapidity with which
/ swims. 1t goes through the water so
rapidly that few fish exceed il in swift
ness, and 1t is thus able to catch food OF
that kind This is especially true in
the waters-such as the indian and South
Atlantic oceans, the Pacific ocean, and
the waters tributary to them-that are
deep enough for the shark to swim in.
The waters about the Sandwich Islands
probably contain the largest specimens.
a few years ago a Japanese fisherman
looking for other fish off the 'harbor of
Honolulu caught one. His line was a
tough rope. with . or feet of steel
wire rope attached TO huge hook which
vas haited with a piece of meat. His
comrades came TO his aid. as the weight
was so great that the catch could not be
hauled In by one man. When 1t was
brought to the surface it was found to
be a monstrous man-eater measuring
nearly 20 feet In length. On the stomach
being opened a portion of the body of
man was found. The next day a native
woman, by means of certain scars, iden-
titled the body as that of her husband.
lie had mysterIously disappeared a day or
two before while bathing inside the reef
off Diamond Head. Some ducks. tin cans.
and two blocks of wood We're also found
in the stomach of the fish. Another man.
cater caught a few days later was IA
feet long and Az feet in circumference
at the widest part. The mouth measured
% inches from top to bottom. and %
inches across, and the jaw, weighing
about LOO pounds when dried could be
slipped over the head of man.
Sailors in the American navy have
many adventures with man-eaters and
when a warship is In water frequented
by sharks the men are usually prevented
from bathing or exposing themselves I'M
less accompanied by a boats crew with
guns, to watch for the sharks and protect
the swimmers. While one of these YES
sells was lying in a harbor off the Philip
pines few years ago one of the mates,
while bathing from the side of the ship,
was bitten on the foot by shark. The
foot was very badly torn and crushed,
but the man recovered. only slight
stiffness of the foot remaining An Off
cial report on file In the Navy Depart
ment states that as one of the boats be-
longing to the little gunboat Elcano was
being rowed out to the ship the plug in
the bottom of the boat came out. To
prevent it from being swamped, a sailor,
j. J. Dunlap. belonging to the Elcano,
thrust his finger into the hole. The fin
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ABOUT 10 oiVe 10 eseape its ciuten al
other shark dashen IN. AS the hrst SHARK
turned over on It's BACK IN order TO pite
clark diVed peiow ,ne surface, tne'i up
under the shark ana drove tue khiie .iii'e
aiter time INTO us V'tais' anu !, sann "
the bottom AS ne came 10 ,he race
gasping TOT preath' a ya"i poa' Hahheu
py exciteo sailors from tue navy yaiu
ran alongside ana ne was puileo aooa,o
just IN time 10 escape the secoIiu snhf ~
clark saved ms shfe by powerful SWIM
ming and diving, as IT was necessary LOT
the man-eating shark 10 turn over 10
grasp Its prey.
In many parts OF the West iholeS
lighters or small parses are useu 10 take
cargo off vessels and carry ~ ashore An
English seaman named Ihonas was
working on one or these iighters IN the
harbor of Aux Caves when he Shipped on
coll OF rope and fell overheard Inc
sharks at once made rush FOR him, and
1t would have been all over with the
sailor had not the hrst mate rushed 10
the nearby galley, grabbed large piece
of beef and, turning to the SIDE, hurled
1t into the water. ms 1eii III the MIDST
OF the sharks, and whiie they were hsht-
ing over 1t Thomas swan to the side OF
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