The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-10
SHARKS TERRIFY
 JERSEY BATHERS;- PATROLS PLACED
Armed Men in Motor Boats Watch Scene of Awful
 Tragedy.

Spring Lake, N.J., July 10-The man eating shark which tore to death Charles Bruder, bellboy of the Essex aRd Sussex hotel, Thursday afternoon, has sent a chill of terror into the thousands of summer residents from Atlantic Highlands to Point Pleasure and put sudden stop to surf bathing. It was not until yesterday that the cottagers and guests of hotels came to a full realization of what the young mans tragic death, coupled with that of Charles B. Vansant under similar circumstances a few days ago at Beach Haven, 20 miles south of here, really meant. That the death of two men by undersea monsters should oc- cur in the same locality has suddenly convinced many that more than one shark is in the vicinity and that bath ing under present conditions is seri- ous hazard.
 Two Motor Boats Begin Patrol. Realizing that something must be done immediately to restore confidence Mayor Oliver H. Brown, president of the Borough Council, called a special meeting late Thursday night at the suggestion of Dr. William Gray Schauffler, Surgeon General of the National Guard, who has a summer home here. At the conference it was arranged by the mayor, Councilman D. H. Hill and others present to take emergency measures today and later to combine with other towns in gen. eral plan of safety.
 As the first step two motor boats were engaged and manned with men | Uif fc withe their exhausts open, began patrol of the beach just outside the life lines and maintained their vigil untl 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when the official bathing period ends. Bath CTS were warned that if they went into the water at any other time they would do so at their peril.
 Bathers Keep Inside Ropes. No warning was needed. Where 400 persons went into the surf Thurs day not 100 ventured the; risk yester- Fday. even during the patrol period. Those who did kept inside the ropes and long distance swimmers. who
 have been racing. out to sea and back, failed to show up.
 While the knowledge of folk, here concerning man-eating sharks is linn tied. it is the consensus of opinion that sharks will not attack bather if there is commotfon in the water outside the bathing line, or if several bathers are swimming in the imme- diate vicinity of. each other. This theory is strengthened by the fact that both Vansant and Bruder were alone at the time of attack.
 That Bruder was killed by a shark was vouched for yesterday by Dr.. Schauff1er, who said he had examined the body carefully l 5 minutes after the dying man was taken from the sea by Life Guards Chris Anderson and George White. 4
 Bruder's Injuries Described. There Is not the slightest doubt that a man-eating shark inflicted the injuries," he said. "Bruder's right leg was frightfully torn and the bone bitten off half way between the knee and ankle. The letf foot was missing | as we'll as the lower end of the tibia
 and fbula. The leg bone was denuded of flesh from a point half way below
 the knee. There was a deep gash above the left knee. which penetrated to the bone. On the right side of the | IaDOOIu0n LOW QOWu a. piece or ueSn as big as mans fist was missing. Bru-
 der died from loss of blood and shock"
 The doctor said that from his
 knowledge of sharks he believed the big fish struck either three or four
 times in rapid succession. In or. | der to strike he was forced to turr
 on his side, as his mouth is under the
 head and set low. The force of the
 first blow failed to drive Bruder under
 the water. but he was partly submerg. I ed by the second. When the life
 savers reached him his head was jus,
 above water and he was shrieking. Brlsder Gasped "A Shark Did It.''
 Anderson said he did not think ii
 required more than three minute, l to reach the wounded man. The life.
 boat was on the beach when his cries were first heard and Anderson and White rushed the craft into the water Both Mayor Brown and Council
 han Hill said that every means possi- ble would be taken to insure the
 safety of bathers. Until wire netting
 can be obtained the patrol boat ser
 vice will be- kept up during the bath ] ing period, and bathers will be warn
 ed by posted notices and by the life guards not to venture outside the life