New-York tribune., 1916-07-14
SHARKS SEEK PREY
OFF CITY BEACHES
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what I have heard / should say that it
WAS the work of a white shark, which
is far more dangerous than the Tiger
shark"
lost his life in trying to recover the
body of Lester Stillwell, was prought
TO Matswan yesterday from Long
Branch. where he died. Joseph Dunn,
who was taken to New Brunswick, is
said TO be doing as well as could De
expected.
Sheepshead Bay In Peril
Twoscore people saw shark at
Sheepshead Bay yesterday. IL was
within a stones throw OF the beau
Rivage Hotel on Emmons Avenue, ana
came within an ace OF making hieai
of an employe Of the hotel.
Thomas Richards. assistant steward
st the hotel. went out in boat for
swim with Joseph Nasminl, fourteen
wears old. whose father is the proprle-
Tor of the resort. Vasmini took few
strokes and Richards halted him, say
ING he was going to jump in. lie was
Smashing about in the water when vas
mini. who was shipping the oars pre-
paratory TO joining him, yelied Win
terror. ,,I "a
"ouickl Quick" he shrieked' "A
shark"
The cries Of the boy caused an up,
,oar in the hotel and the windows ana
landing were crowded with people VINO
caught a glimpse of the I'm whlcn cut
the water close behind the swimmer
So narrow was his escape that hlcn-
ards's ankle was bruised either by the
rough skin of his Pursuer or MS tee'n'
Lad Has Narrow Escape.
Richards is certain it was the sharks
teeth that injured him.
Gertrude Hoffman,. who has a bungs-
low at Sheepshead, was anotner WHO
rad a shark story to tell. Gertrude
was in swimming when spectators
called 10 her TO come in as sharK
vas pursuing her. She got IN sa1ely-
Sea Tiger Bumps Boat
Captain John Lundy, seventy, VINO
has lived at Sheepshead Bay al ms
life and makes a living renting boats
"a fishermen, declared that the plague
of sharks was something new. he is
inclined to attribute Ii to the shortage
of menhaden, which, he says, nave DeeH
nearly exterminated by the nets
His son, Anton Lundy, had a party
of anglers out in his sloop Nlmous on
Monday when, as they were sallins
down Ambrose Channel, there came
~esounding thud on the timbers at the
how NJ the boat. Il was the tail OF a
shark. big enough 10 be tiger" which
had slapped the boat in passing, Anton
said On Wednesday be took some
fishermen to a point of Asbury Park.
one of the party landed a seven foot
sandshark.
While fishing off Long Branch yes
terday James Lundy, another son OF the
captain, saw big blue shark chase a
Make inside the surf line.
Despite the sharks and rumors OF
sharks the beaches at Coney Island
were crowded with bathers yesterday
Iifeguards, in boats, patrolled the
beach line just beyond the life lines
No sharks were seen
Sailors on the British sloop Sir
George Somers, which arrived yester-
day from the Bermudas, said that they
had seen numerous sharks daily ever
since the cruise began The fish seemed
famished and followed the ship fol
miles. Twenty were caught, the last
one off the coast of New Jersey
From Riverhead and Great South Bay
on Long Island came other shark tales
Captain Frank Rorke, of the Blue Pom
Life Saving StauOns WhS lollO"Su a.
the way across the bay by one The
FISH, which seemed 10 be tiger, the
captain said, trailed his motorboa
closely. A ten-feot shark was caught
in the Sound near Riverhead by B. R
Gildersleeve and Leroy Evans. It's spe'
cies has not been determined A Eve,
foot shark was caught At FairneIc
Beach, near Bridgeport, Conn
Safety OF New England
Boston seems to be beyond tho dan.
ger zone No sharks were reported
from the Massachusetts coast, and 20,
600 people werc in swimming at Revere
Beach
All along the shore OF Raritxn Ba!
and down the New Jersey coast bathing
has come 70 be regarded as perilou'
sport At Asbury Park, where net
have been staked out, bathers venture'
into the protected water Elsewher'
the bathers were few and kept to tn
shadows At Bridgehampton, l. l.
where a nephew OF Charles Z. Hughe
twice sighted q big shark within tn
week, bathers are going IN as usual