New-York tribune., 1916-07-13

aid in tae shark hunt, saw the bow
swimr ,nG near shore and called to
them 10 set cut quick. Harrihnn was
neares. shore and obeyed promptly.
Dun was swimming toward shore
when he was pulled down. Harrihan
lcaped sack into the wator when lie
saw his chum oiIsppear Al had towed
Dunn almost to shore when Cottrcll
pulled alongside. The shark had taken
one bits and vanished. Dunn's left leg
was stripped Of flesh.
Dunn was taken TO st. Peters Hos
pital, New Brunswick. and was put on
the operating table last night. The
surgeons think his leg will have to
come Off, but that the boy may live.
Men Swan to Hunt.
From Matawan tC Neyport, on Rari-
tan Bay, and even upstream from
Matawan the creek swarmed last night
with motorboats and dories. Lanterns
and flashlights cleaned from bend to
bend, for there was some evidence that
the shark was still in the stream, and
the hunters were resolved to let no
chance TO bag him escape.
Ashe, p. Woolley, of Matawan. has
sent his stock of dynamite-several
dozen sticks-to the hunters. 1t was
used at the swimming hole in the hope
of bringing Stillwell's body 10 the sur
face and all along the creek down TO
Raritan Bay on the off chance that an
explosion might stun the maneater.
The men in the boats were armed
with rifles, shotguns, eel spears and
even sickles. They were determined
to hunt the night through. Between
Matawan and the bay a gang was at
work in the glare of gasolene flares
stringing heavy nets across the creek.
Men in motorboats stood guard while
the fishermen worked up 10 their
waists in the water driving the heavy
spiles that were TO support the nets.
These efforts were largely the re-
suit of stories told by people who saw
the shark above the swimming mole
where he found his first victim. Before
Stillwell ives seized Mrs. Daniel Rhy-
near saw the monster basking IN
sandy shallow below the Ravine
Drive Bridge and while the hunt was
being instituted down stream several
men going home from work across the
railroad bridge above Matawan'
caught a glimpse OF the swift I'm
cutting the water beneath them.
Sharks Raid Long Island.
Man-eating sharks have been making
raids on the New Jersey and Long ISL
and shores since the beginning Of the
month. Their first victom was Charles
Epping Nansant, of Philadelphia, who
was attacked in the surf at Beach
Haven, n. j., July l. Warning shouts
from other bathers. who saw the man.
eaters black fin cutting the water, came
TOO late. When other swimmers reached
Vansant's mangled form as 1t f1oated
on the surface a few moments later
the shark darted away. His victim died
few moments after being taken
ashore.
Five days after young Vansant was
ripped 10 death a second shark attack
at the Spring Lake. N. j.. beach terri
fed the whole Jersey coast. Whlle
hundreds stared horror stricken along
the Boardwalk a shark bit off the
legs of Charles Bruder. bell boy at
one of the hotels, and tore his side
as he was swimming in the outer
breakers. He lived hardly long enough
to be taken ashore.
Patrols of motor boats were estab-
lished, and in some places nets were
by last Sunday swimmers were again
ENJOYING the surf bathing.
Another shark was reported on July
10 at Bridgehampton, Long Island:
Colin Esterbrook Carter, nephew Of
Charles T. Hughes, was one of num-
ber of swimmers driven ashore in the
morning when some one saw black nm
cutting the heavy surf less than 200
yards from shore. When the sea had
quieted down on the same afternoon
Mr.. Carter put out in canoe with
Miss Winfred Laud-Brown, of Engle-
wood, n j. Miss Brown saw dark
form slip swiftly through the water
under the stern of the canoe when they
were about 900 yards from shore. A
moment later they both saw shark
leap out of the water about 200 feet
away.