SHARK ADVENTURE IN HOBSON'S BAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 161, 9 July 1888, Page 3

SHARK ADVENTURE IN HOBSON'S BAY.

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adventure took A> .tffiG June 24th, in Pl» cc f * Melbourne, when a large Hobß'° n ' «the bottom of a boat and sank short stove . were rescuec j it.^ tbl t:?wa"justo'Ithepointo1thepointof S inkS^Kdays past the presence of mc For a, •! the'harbour was known to water, such a, the those *fc° „ .^d'the fishermen who live S*r«f ™e.f n Sv This shark has been by hauling J^ction among the fishercausing" hSThe appearance of the men's nets, J™ where this incl dent ocshark in tben»« the two men who «^d, wthS encounter. " ' These men 6!* u tin fch ir boatf qmct i y pauy, TS i VXJvl.cn.«:heirpraftwa S vorkw? *?\ o Bhuk Thcic narnea are Uk. to , the. n f a! d Richard Jenkins. Robert J^Sifoftaraofago, and The former^aboob o l aU has Is 57 years old, and has *■ -'W; fS«O ywras b"b either of been oshaig lUY* r g 0 { S uch an event as them bad eve hearfl g fche s]mrk this before.,* and they then saw ®mif\t fir"time. Hi 3 len £fch 1S feet. It wasa estimated at ao . hfc ftnd bho men A$S?« ing the pilchards -w*f f^JJJom.pUce to place but •?«flW*''iS any attack on themselves. n<?*f ■? s t r ongly-built flat bottom SJtiif 24? feet long by about 7f JSrm^igbb ; the nets bad just ■*"* flwn A»n; everything was Ptheff^e alone on the water, qf' jL? n the after pnrt of the boat, the bottom of the boat and *enWb3iP£ timber, and the stern •W^W'SKeaved up about three feet olWfftS shock was like the for l rSmentl byt on recovering f" -T .{PflMhed on them that they hau SjffllVtho Shark, and.Jei.kin3 be»S' M keep the brute away. £fySi"h 9 P water was pouring I throLhEbottom, for the shark had ?riSaholUearly "big a» a man's head fflttt timber an inch and an 'AS Con cried out, "My rSsheSpe'' and Jenkins said ''Yes, °i I sta: owned."" The water had now Son, and called out to send a boat S§ M'oftheir heavier clothing, iri only thpflgW PQW. Qf saving their letter rose to the n,en'Bwawt9. JohnS%^"PP iDS t0 swim, but Jenkins XwHlth'to'Btiok to the boat aa bur as they:.«wW« *ough he had little hoLi af^t moments. Tb^v skntedout V hasten the bpatmen from the tfekon:' ,Their boas had now settled down Almost • level with the nte^wUmU « a wave or a movemwt ii|; W. W WW Place th^ unWite^ men at , the mercy of the shark. AH tbig took place in a few minuteß,6(Jrapy indeed that the men have nooleai TecoliflQtion of the defciils of their t«#l« f^Qfl- Bul> at this momentthf to them and they, were taken in jugc &* they had made ieidy to fiSii ifi^le'for life. .Xhebo&t'setew froni the Nelson deaeryo aU prafee and psfy for their smartness. f;iflragfl.ofl|,of bed.ap,4 manned the without watting to put their clothes dn; Jfoltiihatel^the -boat %as swinging astern, aWI this, together with the activity 4lbWt6f a^d their hw4 rowing, enabled them to get to the spot just in time to effect