New Jersey shark attacks that left 4 people dead in 1. Until the summer of 1. That myth was shattered when the first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks left four people dead at the New Jersey shore over a period of 1. Some thought a sea turtle was to blame when a Philadelphia man died after his thigh was stripped of flesh while he swam in the Atlantic Ocean off Beach Haven on July 1, 1. Five days later, a bellman at the Essex & Sussex Hotel in Spring Lake died after he was bitten and his legs severed.
Worse was to come. The front page of The Philladelphia Inquirer showed victims Lester Stillwell (bottom left) and W Stanley Fisher (bottom right) and declared 'Jersey Shark Hunters Out for Big Man- Eaters on Jersey Coast' In 1. Stillwell, who was swimming off the dock, in the Matawan Creek, and Fisher, who tried to recover the boy's body. Armed Merchant Cruiser, mercantile conversion. Pendant Nos M.50 (on coming into service), MI.51 (1.18), MI.29 (4.18). Built 1913, 18,481grt, 19.5kts, owned by Allan Line. The Sea Hawk is a 1924 American silent film about an English noble sold into slavery who escapes and turns himself into a pirate king. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the. Sir Bob Geldof has criticised the leaders of the 1916 Irish Easter Rising for using tactics similar to those of jihadi suicide bombers. Matawan is conducting tours and seminars as it examines the first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks which left four people dead over 1. Talk of the attacks was far from the minds of Matawan residents on a hot and humid July 1. The town was inland from Raritan Bay, which helped feed the tidal Matawan Creek. Boys like 1. 1- year- old Lester Stillwell liked to skinny dip off the Old Wyckoff Dock, about a mile and a half from the bay, Matawan historian Al Savolaine said.'Look at me, boys, I'm floating,' Lester said, just as his playmates saw what they thought was a log. Then, they saw a fin lift him out of the water, revealing a bloody mess 'as the shark does a number on him and takes him down,' Savolaine said. Running naked toward the center of town, the boys shouted, 'A shark got Lester!'W. Stanley Fisher, 2. After nearly an hour, Fisher decided to make one last dive.'He breaks the surface and shouts he has the body when the shark attacks,' Savolaine said. About 1. 00 bystanders watched Fisher fight the shark. A friend beat it with an oar before the fish finally released Fisher, having severed an artery near his hip. Toys have been placed around the grave of Lester Stillwell in Matawan, New Jersey W. Stanley Fisher's grave, also in Matawan, New Jersey, is pictured. SOUTHEND ON SEA DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 War Starts, Southend Pier Pressed Into Action During the Great War, in November 1914, 3 prisoner of war ships were moored in. The July 1. 3, 1. The Matawan Journal describes a fatal shark attack on the man and the boy. Rose Hill cemetery, the burial site of Lester Stillwell and Stanley Fisher is seen in Matawan. A tourniquet was applied, and Fisher was placed on a train to a hospital. He was dead in little more than two hours. A half- mile downstream, the shark latched onto Joseph Dunn's leg. A tug of war ensued before Dunn was freed, his artery intact. The next day, as dynamite was dropped into the creek in hopes of raising Lester's body, Matawan's acting mayor offered a $1. On July 1. 4, a circus lion tamer who also was a taxidermist caught a shark in a net in Raritan Bay. The shark was opened up, and human flesh and bones were reportedly found inside. The shark was put on display with no firm proof it was the killer, and the reward went to another man who had caught a blue shark.'From a purely scientific standpoint, a single shark involved in multiple attacks would be a rogue killer. While it does happen on occasion, it was never proven,' said George Burgess, curator of the International Shark Attack File in Florida. The first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks left four people dead at the New Jersey shore over a period of 1. Burgess believes a single great white shark was responsible for the Matawan attacks. Memories of the attacks faded as the nation entered World War I, he said, but people were reminded in 1. Jaws mentioned the 1. From July 9 through July 1. Matawan's Historical Society will hold events commemorating the attacks and understanding the role sharks play in the sea. A memorial service will take place at the cemetery where Stillwell and Fisher are buried, and a monument will be unveiled in memory of the victims. John S. Nichols, 7. State College, Pennsylvania, will be there to remember Fisher, his great uncle.'We're proud and interested in exactly the role Stanley played,' he said.
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