Shark attack, 1941-06-15 (Provoked)
Location: 15 miles south of Jones Inlet, New York, USA
Time: 14h00
Activity: Fishing from 32' boat
Victim: Paul Ruhle (M, age 43)
Injury: Left hand bitten as he tried to put rope around shark's tail PROVOKED INCIDENT
Fatal: N
Species: 2.1 m [7'] shark
Source: New York Times, 6/16/1941; V.M. Coppleson (1958)