tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post2120798719509639243..comments2024-03-23T21:27:14.158-04:00Comments on Aberdeen NJ Life: Matawan Creek Shark Attacks of 1916Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-86441222847051958582012-06-25T14:16:08.989-04:002012-06-25T14:16:08.989-04:00The movie was inspired by Peter Benchley's &qu...The movie was inspired by Peter Benchley's "Jaws", which he based on news articles of what happened in 1916. Also, from his research and the collected works of main-stream scientist researchers, the Bull Shark was not scary enough for his book so he said it was a Great White. Just like the ill-informed scientists of the day. As for Stanley, from what I can remember in some of my own research he was from Ohio, but his best friend from college invited him to New Jersey for the summer break from classes. His Mother, however, was originally from Sweden and his father was an Irish American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-1023203537704690132010-10-09T08:24:48.349-04:002010-10-09T08:24:48.349-04:00Pat,
I think Stanley was Swedish and I believe I ...Pat,<br /><br />I think Stanley was Swedish and I believe I read that his mother wanted to ship his body back to Sweden, but am unsure if that happened. I second the first anonymous posting - Close to Shore is a good book and gives a lot of background on the attacks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-11359066153383487752009-07-21T01:29:08.602-04:002009-07-21T01:29:08.602-04:00You're talking about the more recent location ...You're talking about the more recent location for the big Harris Hardware store, in the former Foodtown building? Not the old Harris Hardware location near where Maloney's pub is now. Is that what remains after Lake Lefferts was formed by damming the creek? Is there a connection to Lake Matawan?<br /><br />I did some research on Stanley Fisher in the census and couldn't locate him in 1910 or 1900 in Matawan. Some out of town papers referred to him as W Stanley Fisher. I found a Sandusky, Ohio paper with a Matawan dateline that said Mrs W Fisher, Stanley's mother, was in Ohio at the time of his death, visiting friends. She swooned when she came across the news on her way back to NJ. Do you know anything about Fisher's origins or if that gravestone belongs to him? There were no dates on the stones. The papers said he was 24 and 25 years old, so he would have been born about 1882. I'll have to check out the book you mentioned. Is there a copy in the Matawan library?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-66944660334121279622009-07-20T08:20:22.907-04:002009-07-20T08:20:22.907-04:00The Stillwell attack happened in the creek right b...The Stillwell attack happened in the creek right behind the houses behind what used to be Harris Hardware in Matawan (more recently "C-Town". My husband's family have lived back there for generations. The creek runs right behind Quick Check on Main Street.<br /><br />There is also a great book about the attack called "Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in the Age of Innocence" By: Michael Capuzzo. It's the book that inspired the movie "Jaws".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055651508478522814noreply@blogger.com