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Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth
Article Title: Evening Post
Article Date: August 19 1911
Article Description: Umbrella Eating Shark Caught at Lewes Breakwater.
Article Text:
Lewes, Del., August 19, 1911:
A shark of the mam eating species, 17 feet in length, caught yesterday at the mouth
of the Delaware Bay by JAMES KEYES , crewmwmbwe of Lightship 69, must have been
umbrella hungry. This is the only explanation to be be offered of the presence in the
stomach of the monster shark of a umbrella completely covered. In addition a large
quanity of steel and iron junk and enough oil cloth to cover the galley floor were also
found. After a hard battle Keyes was forced to use the ships steam winch to land
the shark on the deck of the lightship.
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