Show aind d b 1 henry jacobson Jacob sou who is employed at the north manutau manukau heads as beacon light keeper was out in his boat six miles down the harbor when it was struck by a squall and swamped and the occupant left in the water jacobson dived and endeavored to relieve the ballast but without success he then grasped an oar and being a good swimmer struck out for land but as a strong tide was running he was swept down the harbor a t distance li stance of three miles at that point he be was attacked by a large shark which grabbed at his hia hand band he protected himself however with the i oar which he tried to ram down the sharks throat the fish then made a circle around him and renewed the attempt by this thia time however jacobson had his sheath knife drawn and desperately pera tely stabbed the shark ripping its side open so that the water became red with blood A further attack was made when jacobson again stabbed the consta near the tail and it swam away atthe at time a boat came in sight jacobson too much exhausted to speak was hauled into the boat having been in the water two iwo hours and thirty minutes new zealand herald |