1916 Spring Lake Shark Attack
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JerseyEric
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Released:
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
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Origin:
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New Jersey, United States
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Travel across the land, or sea, to pay tribute to the second fatal victim of the July 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks, which occurred in 3 separate locations between July 1 & 12, 1916.
While the Matawan attacks are the most widely-known today, this month of terror began in Beach Haven, 70 miles south of Matawan, and continued 6 days later in Spring Lake. This travel bug is a tribute to the second victim of the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks, Charles Bruder, and the shore town of Spring Lake where that attack occurred.
Between July 1 and 12, 1916, five people were attacked by sharks along the Jersey Shore. Only one victim survived. The second attack occurred on July 6th in Spring Lake. Twenty-seven year old Charles Bruder of Switzerland was a bell captain at Spring Lake's Essex & Sussex Hotel. The attack occurred while Bruder was swimming 130 yards from shore. Bruder bled so much that a woman reported to lifeguards that a canoe with a red hull had capsized. Lifeguards in a rowboat rescued Bruder, but he died before the boat returned to shore.
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