1900s
Name, Age | Date | Species | Location; Comments |
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Ah Kim Chong, 19 | April 10, 1909 | Unconfirmed | The woman was reportedly swept away by large waves while gathering opihi along the rocky shoreline at Pauwela, Maui, Hawaii. A search party later witnessed a large shark devour what appeared to be part of the victim's body. |
Unidentified male | January 17, 1908 | Unconfirmed | Killed by a shark while gathering fish stunned by dynamite at Mana, Kauai, Hawaii. |
Japanese fisherman | January 8, 1908 | Unconfirmed | Killed by a shark while gathering fish stunned by dynamite in Mana, Kauai, Hawaii. |
Japanese fisherman | 1907 | Unconfirmed, probably a tiger shark | Fell into the water and killed by a shark while net fishing near Pepeekeo, Honomu, Hawaii. |
Belton Larkin | March 31, 1907 | Bull shark | Killed after a shark, which had been chasing a tarpon, leapt into his small skiff breaking it apart near Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida. Shark bit his side nearly cutting him in two. |
Sutton Davis | July 29, 1905 | Unconfirmed | Killed while wading at Davis Shore, east of Beaufort, North Carolina. |
Unidentified man | 1904 | Tiger shark | Man disappeared while swimming off Diamond Head, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. A shark was caught two days later with the head and body of a man (complete from the waist down with the exception of one leg) in its gut. The shark was described as "monstrous" in size. |
Phil Kitchin | ca. 1903 | Tiger shark | Killed while fishing at Koko Head, Oahu, Hawaii. His foot was recovered two days later from a shark. |
Hawaiian boy | August 2, 1902 | Tiger shark | Killed while catching crabs at Kalihi, Oahu, Hawaii. Both arms were severed. |
Unidentified Coast Guard Personnel | 1900–1905 | Unconfirmed | Killed while swimming at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. |
Emil Uhlbrecht and an unidentified person | July 14, 1900 | Tiger shark | Uhlbrecht was swept out to sea while hunting sea shells with friends at Makapuu Point, Oahu, Hawaii. His positively-identified foot was recovered from a tiger shark measuring 11 feet 9 inches (3.58 m) long which had been caught off Kakaako, Oahu by John Kinipeki on September 17. The shark's stomach also contained a femur and pelvis thought to belong to another person, possibly one of several Chinese fisherman who had drowned in the harbor a few months prior. |
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