Case studies are used to illustrate key issues and to elaborate a range of theoretical ideas that can be used in the classroom. This book will be of interest to all those concerned with maximising the benefits of ICT in the classroom. This was a resort town on Long Beach Island just off the coast of New Jersey. The panic came slowly. On July 1, 1916, 25-year-old Charles E. Vansant was swimming 16 yards from the shore at Beach Haven when people on the beach saw a black fin slicing towards him and shouted at him to get out. In this account, public historian Paula Green details not only the flood but also the process of recovery in an era before modern relief programs. The grave of Stanley Fisher, who was killed by a shark in Matawan, N.J., in 1916 while retrieving the body of Lester Stillwell. Heightening the drama are stories of the resulting panic in the citizenry, press and politicians, and of colorful personalities such as Herman Oelrichs, a flamboyant millionaire who made a bet that a shark was no match for a man (and set ... Based on true events! The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one injured.The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the seaside resorts of the Jersey Shore. No one ever saw large, man-eating sharks in the muddy waters of Matawan Creek before anyway. Townspeople lining the creek looked on in horror, as Fisher now came under attack. Hours later, he was put on the train, which sped nonstop to Long Branch, but he died in the operating room crying, âI did my duty.â. Back on shore, the rescue party took the dayâs fourth victim by car to New Brunswick, where Joseph would spend the next fifty-nine days recuperating in the hospital. The community was a shocked into action and sought to find the apex predator that had invaded their unsuspecting town. Instead of ocean swimming, most residents preferred the local creek, a narrow tidal waterway sheltered from open water. Five days later the level of anxiety on the Jersey shore made a quantum leap upwards. The 1916 episodes are noted by shark experts as rare instances in which a single shark appears to have killed multiple people, said George H. Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research and the International Shark Attack File. Two days later, Lesterâs Stillwellâs body was recovered when it floated to the surface about 150 yards downstream. He later sold tickets to view the Matawan Creek âman-eater.â Impossible as it seemed, a shark attack happened inland, far from the the salty coastline, a sharkâs natural hunting ground. “We’re a sleepy little town but we’ve been the center of attention before, in 1916,” she said. Thankfully, however, the attacks in Matawan Creek marked the last incident of what has become known as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. About 200 people lined the banks while men in rowing boats poled for Stilwell's body. Five days later, Charles Bruder, 27, was killed in Spring Lake, N.J. After Lester was attacked while skinny-dipping in the creek, his friends ran, still naked, to the town’s main street, screaming, “A shark got Lester!,” Mr. Savolaine said. Describes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark headed for the New Jersey shoreline and a farming community eleven miles inland, attacking five people and igniting the most extensive shark hunt in history. For 14 days in July, people entered the water at their own risk as five swimmers found out firsthand. Location. “Over the years, like anything that only happens once, it starts to disappear from memory,” Mr. Burgess said. Shortly before Lester and his friends headed for the creek, Captain Thomas Cottrell, a retired sailor, was walking across a new Matawan Creek bridge about 833 yards downstream from the swimming hole. Lester Stillwell's body was recovered two days later. 'I felt my leg going down the shark's throat - I thought it would swallow me,' he said. At 2 p.m., Lester Stilwell, a 12-year-old boy, and four friends headed for the Wyckoff Dock - the town's most popular swimming hole. A graffiti mural on the railroad trestle over Matawan Creek was painted by "Tattoo Bob." The mural sits 100 yards or so from the site of the most infamous shark attacks in history, where a shark . Those fatal attacks were in Spring Lake and Matawan Creek — about 10 miles from the sea, according to the Global Shark Attack file. "It was the Titanic of shark attacks," said Richard Fernicola, a New Jersey physician and author of "Twelve Days of Terror," an account of what became known as the Matawan Man-Eater. Matawan Creek Shark Attacks of 1916. They felt reassured by their 16-mile distance from the shore. These are all mentioned in the book via newspaper reports. The New Jersey shark attacks of 1916 helped make the animal an . Details of a shark attack that occurred 12 Jul 1916 at Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea, Monmouth County in New Jersey, United States of America. Fifty-nine days after the attack he left St. Peter's Hospital. Before he could free the victimâs limb, the shark found Stanleyâs thigh. Crawford noted that . He makes a call about it, but is deemed crazy. On July 12th, a group of boys playing in the creek saw a shark's fin emerge from the water. Matawan residents welcome the attention but are sensitive to the fact that local men and boys died in the attacks. He was placed aboard the 5:06 train. Stanley Fisher, a young businessman, gallantly tries to recover the body of the boy and dies. Shortly before Lester and his friends headed for the creek, Captain Thomas Cottrell, a retired sailor, was walking across a new Matawan Creek bridge about 833 yards downstream from the swimming hole. A local fisherman spotted a shark swimming in little Matawan Creek. At 7:45 he was being wheeled into the operating theatre of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital, he died. Matawan can be described as one of those places where everybody knows everybody. Mr. Nichols and his extended family will be here this week for the commemoration, which will include a memorial service and wreath-laying at the graves of Lester and Mr. Fisher on Tuesday. Matawan Creek boiled and spurted geysers as if a primal force had been let loose. Stanley was attacked by a shark in Matawan Creek (Matawan, NJ) while attempting to recover the body of 12 year old Lester Stillwell who had also been attacked by the shark. . Dozens of shark attacks and interactions have occurred throughout Jersey Shore history that reveal bravery, heartbreak and the hubris of man. A boy paid a gruesome price for teasing a trapped shark in the first recorded attack in 1842. The boys screamed, and Lester vanished. July 12 brought tropical heat and humidity to Matawan. Thankfully he survived. But that was the nature of this tragedy in Matawan, NJ. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in wh. And how, in 1916, did the tiny, blue collar inland town of Matawan, NJ receive a most unwanted monster? Matawan Creek in New Jersey, left, where Lester Stillwell was killed by a shark in 1916; Al Savolaine, right, a historian who wrote a book about the attack. A man by the name of Charles Vansant (28) was on . All Rights Reserved One of the reasons the 1916 shark attacks are so notorious is because of the bizarre fact that the final attacks occurred in an inland creek and not in saltwater. Found inside – Page 97“ This is where Lester floated up , ” says Fernicola , standing atop a concrete abutment above Matawan Creek . ... old who was attacked and killed by the shark while swimming with five buddies in the creek on a hot summer afternoon . While July 12 started off as a typical summer day, Matawan, New Jersey, located thirty miles north of Spring Lake and situated on a bluff fifty feet above the creek and eleven miles inland, would be the site of four shark attacks, all occurring within the span of about an hour . The fatalities began on July 1, when Charles Vansant, 25, was attacked in Beach Haven, N.J., and bled to death. Blood in the Water is a Discovery Channel documentary on the New Jersey shark attacks of 1916. Boys like 11-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. Lester Stillwell and Stanley Fisher were both killed by a shark in the Matawan Creek during the summer of 1916. Not to mention that the victims of the the infamous 1916 Shark Attack in Matawan Creek are buried here (Lester Stillwell and Stanley Fisher). © Copyright 2020 by Arcadia Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.   Â, The Matawan Shark Attack: A Deadly Day in 1916, Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore: A History, Rescuing the SS Pendleton: The Coast Guardâs Greatest Rescue. It was a hot afternoon on July 12, 1916, when six Matawan boys ran down to Wyckoff Dock for an afternoon of swimming in Matawan Creek and one was attacked by a shark, explained local history buff Al Savolaine. [[384608051, C]] In July, 1916, the Jersey Shore was the scene of a series of shark attacks resulting in several deaths and injuries. In this video, I wanted to share with you the Man-eater of Matawan Shark Attack site by drone. This boy was Joseph Dunn, 14, and he's the only known survivor of the 1916 shark attacks. They found a perfect spot for a dip in Matawan Creek. Phone: 732-566-3898 Fax: 732-290-7585, Economic Development, Business & Redevelopment Commission, 2015 BOM Zoning Map Existing Land Use (pdf), Bid Notices & Requests for Proposals (RFPs), � Bid Notices & Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Even though Stanley watched as Arthur Smith was pulled onto the creek bank, he kept diving. Shortly after the attack Michael Slicher, a coastal fisherman, captured the man-eater just outside a creek at the Raritan Bay. Seriously injured, he was rushed to St. Peter's Hospital in New Brunswick. On July 12th, despite the fact that there had been two prior deaths in . This level 2, elementary Penguin Reader contains 500 words and tells the story of Amity, a quiet town near New York, that gets terrorized by a great white shark. Little Lester Stillwell would be the fifth and final victim of a 12-day bloodbath as beach-goers es… One of the youngest boys, Lester Stillwell, is attacked by the shark and perishes. Michael was lucky, Joseph wasnât. It was a hot afternoon on July 12, 1916 when six Matawan boys ran down to Wyckoff Dock for an afternoon of swimming in Matawan Creek and one was attacked by a shark, explained local history buff . He knew that sharks don’t swim in brackish water like Matawan Creek, but he remembered recent accounts of shark attacks in nearby Spring Lake. Attacking Adams and recommending Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as the Federalist candidate in 1800. “It was like a serial killer,” Mr. Savolaine said of the shark. . The townspeople - frightened and angered by the monster - collected dynamite and set underwater charges near the pier. However, the events in New Jersey, in which one shark attacked five people on the same coast within two weeks, remains unique. “It’s almost like Stanley is overlooking Lester’s grave in death,” Mr. Savolaine said. Besides trying to find the grave sites of Lester and Stanley, I also wanted to check out the mausoleum area which had been reported to be an eerie area as well. Mr. Savolaine, the historian, recounted the attacks on the bank of Matawan Creek, peering past the bushes on the shore and pointing to where Lester’s body was found. “I didn’t think sharks would be so close to shore,” Ryan said. When he dove in, he found Lester’s body and began pulling it with him until a shark bit his leg, taking out 10 pounds of flesh, Mr. Savolaine said. That myth was shattered when the first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks left four . His leg would always bear the purple scars, but he was able to walk away. The Attack: On July 12, 1916 an eight foot shark enters Matawan Creek. With previous deadly attacks in Beach Haven and Spring Lake, New Jersey, the shark made its way north and down a freshwater creek in Matawan, New Jersey on July 12, where it would attack and kill 12-year-old Lester Stillwell and 24-year-old Stanley Fisher within an hour of each other. Check out the book Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore: A History as well as its similar titles at arcadiapublishing.com! Just as the charges were ready for blasting, a motorboat roared upstream to the pier with another shark victim. (c) Copyright Borough of Matawan The boys struck out quickly for the dock. Explores haunted places, local legends, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in New Jersey. The would-be rescuers assumed that the boy must have drowned. 10-year-old Lester Stilwell was swimming in Matawan Creek with friends when they saw a shark's fin in the water. The year was 1916. He saw beneath the sparkling creek surface a huge black shadow moving quickly upstream with the incoming tide. As the shark closed on him, he screamed for help, then went under. He survived. Before the sun set the town was also out of ammunition: hundreds of men lined the creek banks armed with handguns, rifles and shot-guns. Thomas Cottrell, a retired captain, witnessed an enormous dark form moving with the tide toward the old Matawan docks. The attacks generated headlines worldwide and prompted scientists to re-examine their understanding of sharks, stirring fear in an age in which wading at the beach was the ultimate pastime. Today Matawan Creek and the bridge where the shark was sighted still stand, a silent and eerily tranquil part of a . People thought he was crazy: a shark? Just as East Coast cities were blossoming into modern metropolises, beach resorts boomed. The Matawan Creek, near . Stanley Fisher, a tall, athletic, 24-year-old tailor, ran into the creek. 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. He was pulled into a boat. Now the town of Matawan, stunned by the gruesome and unlikely attacks, was out for revenge. That's what Howard Crawford recently told the Asbury Park Press. The boys ran back into town, and three men sprinted to the edge of the creek, searching the surface for Lester. The Real-Life Shark Attacks That Inspired Jaws During the summer of 1916, a series of violent deaths shattered the peace of New Jersey's coastal areas. Before “Jaws,” most people rarely believed John S. Nichols’s story about a shark killing his great-uncle, Mr. Fisher, who had tried to save Lester. It was a hot afternoon on July 12, 1916, when six Matawan boys ran down to Wyckoff Dock for an afternoon of swimming in Matawan Creek and one was attacked by a shark, explained local history buff Al Savolaine. A compilation of human versus animal encounters reveals the dangers humans confront from predatory animals, documenting such events as the deaths of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell. Found inside – Page 9Six days after the Spring Lake attack, sea captain Thomas Cottrell spotted a shark in Matawan Creek. He tried to warn people, but they did not believe sharks swam in rivers. Minutes later, 11-year-old Lester Stilwell was attacked and ... Fisher later died at a local hospital from blood loss. And they show the spot where they claim Lester's body was recovered. Vansant splashed madly for the beach. Trolley tours and a shark exhibit are also scheduled. Even though he suffered from epilepsy, Lester ran off to go swimming with his buddies after lunch. Found insideTwenty-four-year-old Stanley Fisher was attacked trying to rescue Lester. ... They say a bull shark is more likely to have attacked in the Matawan Creek, since that is the only man-eating species that can easily survive in fresh water ... “He was going after food.”. In the small town of Matawan, 30 miles north of Spring Lake, residents read about the two shark attacks in the local paper. Boys like 11-year-old Lester Stillwell liked to skinny dip off the Old Wyckoff Dock, about a mile and a half from . That myth was shattered when the first recorded multiple fatal shark attacks left four . Found inside – Page 86It was reasonably easy for people to dismiss reports of a shark in Matawan Creek, especially as the creek is 16 miles (25.7km) inland. On 12th July, 11-year-old Lester Stillwell and his friends were playing in the creek when they saw ... When Stanley spotted the boyâs body along the bottom, he grabbed a leg and tried to surface. After the attacks on Stillwell Fisher and Dunn, residents of Matawan line, Matawan Creek with nets and detonated dynamite in an attempt to catch and kill the shark. Poor old Tom's eyes must have been playing tricks on him. The notorious murders that tore a New Jersey family apart. Includes reports from the scene of the crime and riveting courtroom testimony. July 12 brought tropical heat and humidity to Matawan. “Watch me float, fellas!” Lester gloated to his friends, according to published accounts of the day. A third attack took place . None did. The 11-year-old died in 1916 after being attacked by what was believed to be a great white shark that . The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. Matawan Mayor Aris B Henderson ordered the local to print wanted posters offering a $100 reward, which would be valued about $2, 400 today to anyone who killed a shark at the creek. Six boys are swimming at the Wyckoff dock. On July 12, 1916, the shark mortally attacked a 12-year old boy, Lester Stillwell, while he swam in the creek. Cottrell did not stop to tell himself that no shark could be that far upstream, he ran for a telephone and called the town's barber, John Mulsonn, who was also the chief of police, then he ran to Main Street telling groups of boys headed for the creek, merchants and their customers: "There's a shark in the creek!" Found inside – Page 191The best known of all individual “rogue” shark attacks occurred on July I2. I916. Twelveyear—old Lester Stilwell was swimming in Matawan Creek, New Jersey, I5 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) inland, when he was attacked by a great white shark ... They were the so-called New Jersey shark attacks, and they happened over 12 terrifying days. Despite widespread news of the attacks, young residents of Keyport, located on Raritan Bay some 30 miles further north from the previous attack and some distance from the open ocean, assumed that the river outlet known as Matawan Creek remained safe. In the early 1900s, there was little . Townsfolk quickly gathered at the creek and several men attempted to find. Joseph Dunn, a 14-year-old boy from New York, was swimming with his brother Michael Dunn and a friend named Jerry. Several of the famous Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 that spawned the movie Jaws took place right here in Aberdeen Township. Those with questions concerning the shark attack should. The boats dragged bait while marksmen with rifles stood ready to shoot should a fin materialize. Stanley lived for a few hours after the attack and then died due to blood loss. Six boys are swimming at the Wyckoff dock. There also has not been a fatal attack in New Jersey since the 1920s, he added. A reward was offered for the shark, and the people of Matawan became obsessed with vengeance against this evil creature. Then 10-year-old Lester Stilwell was bitten and dragged under the water while playing with his friends in Matawan Creek. 201 Broad Street Early 20th-century wisdom held that sharks were harmless . Here's the headline and selected paragraphs (not for the squeamish) from the Washington Post of 13 July 1916: Hear Comrade's Screams for Help. Captain Cottrell, one of the dayâs heroes, declared he had caught the 230-pound, seven-foot bull shark at the mouth of Matawan Creek. Carl Gottlieb's account of the making of Steven Spielberg's classic shocker is a compelling insider's story of the making of a film phenomenon. Little Lester Stillwell would be the fifth and final victim of a 12-day bloodbath as beach-goers es… The Attack: On July 12, 1916 an eight foot shark enters Matawan Creek. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Dunn, along with his brother Michael, took off from New York City by train for a one-day trip to New Jersey. So how does this seafaring predator get such a fearsome rap? The attacks were national news. The town was inland from Raritan Bay, which helped feed the tidal Matawan Creek. Howard Crawford heard the story many times. A graffiti mural on the railroad trestle over Matawan Creek was painted by "Tattoo Bob." The mural sits 100 yards or so from the site of the most infamous shark attacks in history, where a shark . It's important to keep these incidents in perspective, so while on this summer's trip to the shore, or sixteen miles upriver, keep in mind that some species of sharks live longer than 100 years. A Century Later, Memories of Fatal Shark Attacks Linger in New Jersey, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/nyregion/a-century-later-memories-of-fatal-shark-attacks-linger-in-new-jersey.html. Eleven-year-old Lester went to work with his father on July 12, like most days. It was a hot afternoon on July 12, 1916, when six Matawan boys ran down to Wyckoff Dock for an afternoon of swimming in Matawan Creek and one was attacked by a shark, explained local history buff . The shark now had a second victim that day. Little did I know that the inspiration for Jaws took place just a few miles from my house in Matawan, NJ. Smith survived his encounter with with over a dozen stitches. Immediately, Smith was whacked by something unseen. “It’s very exciting to be there again.”, But, she added, “We don’t want to be an extension of a TV station’s ‘Shark Week.’”. That attack in this small town was the third of four killings by what was believed to be the same great white shark as it traveled — hungry and confused — north along the New Jersey coastline that summer, said Al Savolaine, a Matawan historian and author of “Stanley Fisher: Shark Attack Hero of a Bygone Age.” The Matawan attack was unusual because it occurred in an inland creek — no more than 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep — about a mile and a half from the closest bay. No one had ever heard of a shark swimming eleven miles inland. The Mayor also ordered the beach bathing area enclosed in a sharkproof wire net, a precaution also taken by the nearby resort of Asbury Park. Over the course of 12 . Then came “Jaws.” The 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, followed by the movie directed by Steven Spielberg, brought sharks into the spotlight, and led to the proliferation of shark attack-related movies and TV series, such as Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” which debuted in 1988. Found insideThere were still naysayers who believed the attacks were committed by ... The shark he saw must have swum through Raritan Bay and up Matawan Creek, a freshwater creek only 17 feet at its deepest point. Cottrell rushed to town to sound ... A century ago, a series of deadly shark attacks by the "Matawan Man-Eater" shook New Jersey and prompted President Wilson to declare war on sharks. Michael dove into the water, trying to pull Joseph to safety. It took a string of shark attacks in New Jersey more than a hundred years ago to make U.S. swimmers fear the ocean's top predator. The tragedy stirred no great unease along the Jersey shore; one of the minor tragedies of summer. A small army of newspaper reporters and photographers descended on the creek, while newsreel cameramen filmed the vengeful fury. Each of the 169 specially selected plants featured in this book is showcased in glorious full color. "With previous deadly attacks in Beach Haven (Charles Epting Vansant, July 1st, 1916) and Spring Lake (Charles Bruder, July 6th, 1916) the shark made its way north and down a freshwater creek in Matawan, New Jersey on July 12, where it would attack and kill 12-year-old Lester Stillwell and 24-year-old Stanley Fisher within an hour of each other. At 2 p.m., Lester Stilwell, a 12-year-old boy, and four friends headed for the Wyckoff Dock - the town's most popular swimming . The attacks were national news. Although Bruder's death kept swimmers close to the shore at Spring Lake the next day, even this elementary precaution extended no more than a few miles away. The second video shows a lot of pilings in the creek at low tide. He saw beneath the sparkling creek surface a huge black shadow moving quickly upstream with the incoming tide. Stanley Fisher yanked on his bathing trunks and plunged into the creek. The same day, a Manhattan taxidermist, who had caught a 5 foot shark off New Jersey, exhibited two bones found in its stomach - one of them identified by physicians as a boy's shinbone. On July 14 funeral services for Lester Stilwell, whose body had not been recovered, and Stanley Fisher were conducted in Matawan. Stanley Fisher made it to shore though his right thigh was severely injured, an eighteen-inch chunk of his thigh gone, and an artery severed. At least ten pounds of flesh were removed, leaving the remainder of his leg a bloody mass. Lester Stilwell was floating further away from the pier than his friends when they saw him suddenly disappear, reemerge, scream, then disappear in a flurry. Cottrell shouted warnings, but Lester Stillwell and his buddies didnât hear himâ¦. At Lester’s grave, a collection of toys surround the tombstone — a baseball glove, a teddy bear and two gray toy sharks. A mob swarmed the creek with shotguns, harpoons, rakes, spears, clubs, axes, and dynamite. The next attacks came another six days later on July 12, in Mattawan Creek on Raritan Bay, 30 miles to the north of Spring Lake. contact Alan Savolaine who is the official Rose Hill historian. The grave of Lester Stillwell, covered with toys that visitors have left, in Matawan, N.J. Spring Lake Mayor, Oliver H. Brown, established a motorboat patrol. Several of the famous Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 that spawned the movie Jaws took place right here in Aberdeen Township. 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