The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-16
Sampan Fishers
Snare and Kill
Big Tiger.Shark
Great Selachian
Weighed Nearly
1900 Pounds

Eugene Devauchcllc, captain of the
power sampan Annie d, was in port
yesterday with the jaws of an enor-
nous shark displayed on the top Of the
engine house of his little craft De-
vauchelle brought IN nearly 1000 fine
akule and an interesting story of an
experience with a tiger shark which
had become entangled in his nets.
Akule have leon running in immense
schools of late near MOlokai and on
Monday morning the presence OF
big school was detected by
the antics of a number of por-
poises which had chased the fish in
near the shore at Papohaku, in the
Vicinity of the Molokai light
Nets were put out and were soon fill
ed to bursting point. Three thousand
of the fish were taken from the nets
and placed aboard the sampan Annie
d to" be taken to Honolulu.
Great Shark Is Caught
Skipper Devauchelle stayed behind
to watch the nets containing the bal
ance of the catch, which were not
shipped at the time, in order not to
glut the local market.
Early on Tuesday morning Devau-
chefle and his helpers went to the nets
for the purpose of diving for the gilled
fish and were greeted by the sight of
fourteen foot tiger shark threshing
madly about in the nets. When a
school Of akulc is rounded up nets are
Unanswered round the fish, making a
sort Of fence, and it was in this en-
4 lOSnrn thpt tho vnI,nhinn
working devastation.
In small boat the men entered the
space surrounded by the nets and found
that the shark had become wrapped
round with the float lines and lead
lines to such an extent that he was
practically helpless, as far as escape
was concerned.
The shark was secured and pulled to
the boat and its fms cut Off, after which
1t was tied by the tail with ropes.
towed to shore and there cut open.
Liver Fills Large Barrel
The liver filled 5O.gallon barrel,
and was kept for oilproducing pur
poses. In the shark : stomach wrr,
found the shells of two large turtles
four bags o ii, number Of piece,
of net, a large tin Of canned mackprel
and copy of the Nupepa Kuak GA.
1t is estimated that the monster Of the
deep weighed in the noighborhood Of
1900 pounds.
On Tuesday night the sampan left for
Honolulu with the balance of the akuIc
and the jaws of the shark. The Annie
d left for Molokai at midnight.
Devauchelle says that this is the
first time that a shark has ever dam
aged his nets. He stated yesteI day
that whenever he sees a shark near his
nets he puts on his diving goggles and
dives in the direction of the Ash, which
gets scared at the apparitiOn and swim
away as fast as his fins can carry him
Noted Swimmer And Diver
The intrepid fisherman said that he
would not dive to scare a shark If there
were dead horse or carcass Of any
kind in the vicinity which had at
tracted the fish, els sharks are apt to
get wild and irresponsible under such
conditions.
Eugene D"vauchclle is a noted swim
mer and diver. 1t was he and his
brother who once SWAN almost from
Maui to MOlOkai in stormy weather. y
distance of about fifteen miles as the
fish flies, hut considerably more than
that, allowing for the set of the cur
rent. The Devauchelle boys were in
the water the best part of - hours
before being picked up.