1910s
Name, Age | Date | Species | Location; Comments |
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Unidentified male | April 6, 1919 | Unconfirmed | This fisherman knocked into the water and killed in the Florida Keys. |
Tadaicai Mayamura | November 1918 | Unconfirmed | Mayamura, a Japanese worker fishing off the coast of Papaikou plantation in Hawaii, was swept off a rock by a large wave. Mayamura was later heard crying for help and seen struggling in the water in the presence of a shark dorsal fin. His body was not recovered. |
Watson "Stanley" Fisher, 24 | July 12, 1916 | Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or immature great white shark | Attacked while trying to recover Lester Stillwell's body in Matawan Creek, New Jersey, Fisher died at Monmouth Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey a few hours after the attack. |
Lester Stillwell, 11 | July 12, 1916 | Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or immature great white shark | Stillwell was killed while swimming with playmates in Matawan Creek, a narrow, brackish, tidal river near Matawan, New Jersey. |
Charles Bruder, 27 | July 6, 1916 | Unconfirmed, probably a bull or great white shark | Bruder was killed while swimming approximately 130 yards (120 m) from shore in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Both legs were bitten off. |
Charles Van Sant, 23 | July 1, 1916 | Unconfirmed, probably a great white shark | Attacked while swimming in chest-deep water about 40 yards (40 m) from shore at Beach Haven, New Jersey, Van Sant died on the beach of a severed femoral artery after being pulled from the surf. The incident was recorded as the first known shark attack in United States waters |
Okomoto | March 3, 1914 | Unconfirmed | Washed into the sea while picking opihi at Honomu, Hawaii, Okomoto was killed by two large sharks. |
John Bloomquist | September 23, 1911 | Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark | Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion. |
Ship's pilot | September 20, 1911 | Unconfirmed | This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. |
Unidentified male | 1910 | Unconfirmed | This victim was attacked while fishing at Hilo, Hawaii. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Fatal, Unprovoked Shark Attacks In The United States