Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-14
TWO KILLED BY SHARK.
Monster Attacked Boy and Strong
Swimmer Attempted Rescue - Both,
Mutilated, Sank.


Mutilatod, Sank.
Lester Stllwell, -. was killed by
nan-eating shark while bathing in
an arm of karitan bay near Matawan,
N. D., Wednesday. Stanley Fisher, "a,
who went to his aid, was so badly in
jured in a desperate struggle with the
nine-foot sea monster that he died
while being taken to a Long Branch
hospital. Joseph Dunn, ~ years old,
bathing some distance away in the
same inlet, was attacked by shark
and one of his legs was so lacerated
| it probably will have to be amputated.
This is the third time within two
weeks that sharks have claimed the
| lives of bathers along the New Jer-
| sey coast. Charles E. Van Slant, a
youth of Philadelphia, was killed by
one off Beach Haven, N. D., on the I'd.
Charles Bruder of Spring Lake, n.
| j., was attacked and both his legs
taken Off by Il shark on the 9th. lie
| died while men who went to his rescue
were carrying him ashore.
The summer population along the
New Jersey coast has become terror
stricken, and few persons now are
venturing in the water at beach re-
sorts which have not been protected
by steel nets. Motorboat patrols car
rying armed men have been estab-
ished at various points to hunt the
man-catcrs.
a dozen or more boys, who also
were bathing in the inlet, saw young
| Stillwell suddenly raise his hands
above the water and heard his scream
for help. a moment later he disap-
peared from view. Fisher, powerfully
built and weighing 800 pounds, who
was standing on the bank of the in
let, leapcd into the water to the res
cue. lie had gone only few feet
when the shark attacked him, tearing
piece out of one thigh.
In spite of his wound Fisher battled
with the shark and kept on until he
reached young Stillwell. He caught
the boy up in his arms and had started
for shore when the shark renewed the
attack. Burdencd as he was Fisher
was helpless and the shark snapped
off his leg. Fisher released his hold
on Stillwell and himself sank beneath
the surface unconscious. Needless of
the danger, another boy sprang into
the inlet and dragged Fisher out. No
|
and it is believed he was dcvourcd by
the shark
The Dunn boy, according to persons
who were standing on the bank of the
inlet, also was attacked soon after go
ing into the water. An elder brother
and another boy went to his rescue
They succeeded in driving off the
shark but not until after the younger
| /. al, e.,
shrcds from the knee down. DR.. H.
). Cooley, who attended the Dunn boy
said he probably would recover unless
blood poisoning developed. lie was
removed to hospital in New Bruins
wick, n. j.
Hundreds of persons foclled to the
bank of the inlet soon after the
tragedy. The inlet is about sc feet
wide, about 10 or 10 feet deep, and
extends for distance of several mile:
from Raritan bay. Several persons
along Raritan bay said last night the
had seen the fms of a shark during
the afternoon, and they agreed that II
was about nine feet long.
Efforts were made last night to ban
the cgress of the sharks to sea by
stretching wire netting across the
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and it is probable that dynamite will
be used to bring them to the surface
Hundreds of armed men III row
boats and launches were hunting yes
tcrdav for the shark. 1t was reported
Yesterday that another man nance
Baldwin was attacked and killed by {
shark at Kcyport, y. j., at the moutl
of the creek. The body of Lester Still
L.,
believed that the shark devoured the
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