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Shark attack, 1914.

GRUESOME DEATH BY A SHARK

This Sunday, Mar. 1—A Japanese and his son went to pick opihi [kui opihi] on the sea cliffs of Honomu, and while they were enjoying the opihi picking, the boy slipped and fell into the ocean, and before the father could do something for the child, the boy was taken by a huge black shark.

The body of that Japanese boy was held upwards in view of the father, and when it went back down into the ocean, the waist was severed, and with the second bite of that man-eating shark, the body of that unfortunate boy was completely gone. The actions done by that niuhi to that pitiful child is truly frightening.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 3/5/1914, p. 2)

MAKE MAINOINO I KA MANO
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke 8, Helu 39, Aoao 2. Maraki 5, 1914.
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Diving story, 1867.

Almost Done in by a Shark—On the 24th of August past, a man named Kukahi of Puueo, Hilo, Hawaii, went to spearfishing at Milo in Hilo. When he was diving in the ocean, he speared and caught a maiii, and he took it off and stuck it behind him. An ulua shot by and after appeared a shark right before his face, and he drove that sharp-toothed fish away. Then he swam to a dry coral bed, and that shark came by again and grazed his side; he thrust his spear and it pierced the gill plate, and then the fish swam away and the man survived.

(Kuokoa, 9/7/1867, p. 3)

Mai pau i ka Mano

Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VI, Helu 36, Aoao 3, Sepatemaba 7, 1867.

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A great fishing story from Makaweli, 1937.

65 Pound Ahi Caught in Throw Net of Youth

This Fisherman Was Seven Years Old

MAKAWELI, Kauai, January 18—The hopes were in vain, of several sharks who followed behind an Ahi thinking that they’d have a meal, because the Ahi was caught in the throw net of a fisherman, seven years in age, at Makaweli, Kauai, at a children’s swimming spot, on the 12th of this month.

So that no one would doubt it, this child brought the tail of the ahi, and here it is now, hanging in the school room where he attends school.

The name of this child is Keoni Honl, the child of Dr. Honl of Makaweli, Kauai.

The size of the Ahi was 47 inches long, and 27 inches wide. This Ahi was caught by him in his tiny throw net.

Keoni described the capture of this Ahi in his throw net: the ahi thrashed about, even if it was tired from being chased by the shark.

Keoni was fishing at the shore of Makaweli, which has been a regular thing for him now since three years ago; when he saw that the Ahi was being chased by sharks, and that the Ahi was headed straight for the shallow area where children swim, he threw his net, but his throw missed; he watched once more, and when the time was right, he threw his net again, and the great fish was caught by the little child.

Fishing is his great joy. When he was small [haha], he tried swimming, and when he knew how to swim, he began to fish. When he was three years old, his parents gave him his own throw net, and with this he practiced until he was proficient at throwing net.

(Alakai o Hawaii, 1/21/1937, p. 2)

Paa Kekahi Ahi 65 Paona Ika Upena Hoolei Aka Opio

Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Buke 10, Helu 3, Aoao 3. Ianuari 27, 1937.