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The second major attack occurred on Thursday, July 6, 1916, at the resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, 45 miles (72 km) north of Beach Haven. The victim was Charles Bruder, 27, a Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel. Bruder was attacked while swimming 130 yards (120 m) from shore.
During the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, the creek was made infamous due to the shark attacks on July 12, 1916, occurring 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from the ocean. A shark killed 11-year-old Lester Stillwell and his 24-year-old would-be rescuer Stanley Fisher and severely injured 14-year-old Joseph Dunn later that same day.
Attacked while trying to recover Lester Stillwell's body in Matawan Creek, New Jersey, Fisher died at Monmouth Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey, a few hours after the attack. [47] J.L. Hanscom: October 11, 1916: Unknown: Hanscom caught a “large shark” in a net off the coast of Sewall's Point, Florida, in the morning. He attempted to take ...
Last year, sharks bit 91 people worldwide, including one here in New Jersey, leading to 14 deaths, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's 2023 shark attack report, released Monday.
The Shark River is a river in eastern New Jersey that rises in eastern Monmouth County and flows southeast for 11.7 miles (18.8 km), [1] continuing through Neptune Township and Wall Township. The river continues towards the Shark River Inlet, an estuary that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean between Belmar and Avon-by-the-Sea .
The travel magazine took to local experts to determine its list of New Jersey's 10 best beach towns. Check out how many of Monmouth and Ocean counties' towns made the cut. Escape the crowds ...
Surfers catch waves during the morning hours in Deal, NJ Tuesday July 9, 2019. And other New Jersey towns that are new to this year's $1 million starter home list include Barnegat Light ($1.08 ...
www .dealborough .com. Typical mansion on Ocean Avenue in Deal. Deal is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community was settled by Europeans in the mid-1660s and named after an English carpenter from Deal, Kent.