June 19

The Raritan Bay Shark – An oral history

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About a year ago, I blogged about a story I heard from a sailing friend. It was about a shark attack on Raritan Bay.

I got this great comment today from someone who knew one of the survivors.

the attack was july 12, 1916- 2:00-3:00pm behind the old brick factory
on dock street–Lester did not scream! I knew Mr. Cartan, a survivor of
the attack, he was 14 yrs. old then and was sitting on the dock after
he just got out of the water when this happen. He said they thought the
shark was a large piece of drift wood till it grabbed Lester–but no
screams from him at all- on the other hand, Fisher, had his butt taken
off and parts of his legs and bleed to death at the train station or on
his way-we can’t seem to get the facts streight on that one– But Mr.
Cartan certainly was very descriptive in telling me in his living room
his story and what it was like–most interesting, hope this helps-
thanks Bob s.

Thanks Bob S. Great story!


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  1. I’ll never look at driftwood the same way again.
    I believe this attack has been attributed to a bull shark, btw. Bull sharks are on my short list of Very Bad Fish. Also, Horse Joe has a photo of a nasty looking fish on his site this very moment.

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