Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-13
New Jersey Boys
 Killed by Shark
MANEATER ATTACKED SWIM.
 MFRS IN RARITAN BAY
HEROIC RESCUE TRIED
12 Year Old Lester stiTIweII Apparent
 Iy DeVoured and Stanley Fisher, 24, Who Tried to Save Him, Fatally Bitten-Another Lad May Lose Leg.

StilIwen, F years old, was killed by a
 man eating shark while bathing in an arm of Raritan Bay near here this afternoon. Stanley Fisher, A years old. who went to his aid, was so badly injured in a desperate struggle with the nine foot sea monster that he died While being taken to a Long Branch hospital. Joseph Dunn, F years old, bathing some distance away in the same inlet, was attacwed by a shark and one of his legs was so laCerated it probably will have to be amputated.
 Third Time in Two Weeks.
 This is the third time within two weeks that sharks have claimed the lives of bathers along the New Jersey coast, Sharles E. Van Sant a youth of Philadelphia, was knIIed by one off Beach Haven, N. J.. on July ?. Charles Bruder of Spring Lake, N. J. was at tackled and both his legs taken off by shark July 6. He died while men who went to his rescue were carrying him ashore.
 Summer People Terror Stricken.
 The summer population along the New Jersey coast has become ter rOr-stricken and few persons now are venturing in the water at beach re- sorts which have not been protected by steel nets. Motor boat patrols carrying armed men nave been es- abolished at various points to hunt the man. eaters.
 Fisher to the Rescue.
 A dozen or more boys who also were bathing in the inlet. saw young Still well suddenly raise his hands above the water and heard his scream for help. 4 moment later he disappeared from view.
 Fisher powerfully built and weigh Ing 3UO pounds, who was standing on the bank of the inlet, Ieaped into the water to the rescue. He had gone only a few feet when the shark att tacker him, tearing a piece out of one thigh.
 Shark Snapped Off Leg. In spite of his wound Fisher battIed with the shark and kept on until he reached young StiIIweu. He caught the boy up in his arms and had start ed for shore when the shark renewed Fisher was helpless and the shark snapped off his leg. Fisher released his hold on StilIweII and himself sank beneath the surface, unconscious. Heedless of the danger, another boy SDrang into the inlet and dragged Fisher out. No trace of young Still well was found and it is believed he was deVOured by the shark. Shark Was Driven Off. The Dunn boy, according to persons who were standing on the bank of the inlet. also was attacked soon aft CT going 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 Dunn's leg had been torn aI- l most to shreds from the knee down. Dr. H. s. Cooley, who attended the Dunn boy, said he probably would re- cover unless blood poisoning develop i ed He was removed to a hospital in l New Brunswick, N. J.
 Five Seen During Afternoon. Hundreds of persons focIzed to the bank of the inlet soon after the trag- edy. The inlet is about fifty feet wide, ten or twelve feet deep and ex- tends for a distance of several miles from Raritan Bay. Several persons | along Raritan Bay said tonight that they had seen the fins of a shark dur ing the afternoon and they agreed that it was about nine feet long. Use of Dynamite Planned. Efforts were made tonight to bar the | egress of the sharks to sea bv | stretching a wire netting across the inlet where it empties into the bay and it is probable that dynamite will be ! used to bring them to the surface.