New-York tribune., 1916-07-08
Armed Men in Motor
Boats Patrol Shores at
Coast Resorts.
BEACH AT ASBURN
ALMOST DESERTED
Sea Fences Being Erected to
Ward Of Man Eater Which
Caused Two Deaths.

Asbury Park. y. j., July Z. Bath
CTS here to-day gave The ocean OF tins
city a wide berth. The deaths o.
two men within a week az Spring LAX
and Beach Haven have convinced sea-
soned fishermen as well as vacauomsis
that AZ least ono man-eating shark IS
cruising along the coast.
Men armed with rifles and pump guns
patrolled the Asbury Park. Spring
Lake and Ocean Grove beaches in mo-
tor boats to-day, with eyes alert for the
triangular fin.
Although pound fishermen and surf
men agree that the danger TO swim
mers al Asburv Park is remote. men
began work to-day ON fence OF heaVy
wire. which VIII completely incloso the
bathing territory. 10 IS pointed ou'
that the blue-noscd sharks. sucn as are
often caught in TINS vicinity. frequent
he fish pounds in the hope OF making
of with refuse
There arc no fish pounds here and
broad sand bar that sweeps in semi
circle a hundred wards out from the
aSlnO 10 NtNt4lNM -ANt44NN - - 't'-
protection against rowing marauders.
il is along this bar and between II
and the shore AZ each end. that the
sbark-proof fence is being constructed.
Fence for Spring Lake, Too.
Spring Lake is to have a similar
fence. supported by a chain. The oor-
ough authorities VIII set men 10 WoIA
on IL tomorrow. .,,
Some residents OF Spring Lake stu.
believe that Brudcr was the victim o.
a giant mackerel. but Dr.. William Nr@!
SchauFler. surgeon general of the New
Jersey National Guard, is certain ms
injuries were inflicted by a shark.
Blue nosed shark arc often seen
along the coast, local anglers say, ana
some of them attain considerable
size. Several were caught last wear al
Tallahassee Lake. Long Branch, the
biggest. landed by Herman Ber'ngeI'
jr., Borough Commissioner OF Deal
being seven feet long and welgnihS
155 pounds. A..
Fishermen are sure. however, ihas
il was not such fish which killed
Charles Bruder yesterday and Charles
+. Van SAINT Sunday. Some man-eater
from the Caribbean, they think, mas
GOT out OF his course and is reSponSi-
be Such brutes do not often leave
the warm waters Of their accustomed
habitat for TINS comparatively cold
stretch Of coastline
Reward Never Claimed
Rumors that they have been seen in
bvgone days persist, however, despite
the fact that the late Charles Del
richs for years offered a reward OF
$500 for proof of man-eatlng shark
in Northern waters. The sum was
never claimed.
Menhaden are extraordinarily scarce
this wear, and it is more than lkely
that voracious Southern visitor would
be avid for human flesh before he had
been long in the colder currents.
At low water this afternoon Few
venturesore bathers appeared on the
beach, and some even essayed tne snail
low water near shore. Despite the
sweltering weather. however. the beach
was almost deserted Il is expected
that the fence on the bar will be COM
pleted by Sunday night.
Philadelphia. July r. Members of
the crew Of steamer that dOcked here
to-day from South American ports say
that off Hatteras they passed a large
school Of man-eating sharks. The
sharks were apparently migrating.
They were headed north and swimming
steadily