Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-14 | Page 1 | Such Visitors Rare

Such Visitors Rare. WASHINGTON. July 13. Inquiries concerning t lie presence of man-eating i sharks in Atlantic waters are pouring! in to the bureau of fisheries. to mm is- ! sioner Smith issued a statement today pointing out that the danger of being attacked by sharks in waters near New York was less than that of being struck j by lightning. j Stragglers of dangerous tropica! species that had acquired a taste for human flesh had been known to stray into northern waters, he said. A hungry-shark hungry-shark would promptly fall prey to a baited hook. " j