Nabbed By A Shark

An English paper says: The ship Alice Davies bas firrived in the Mersey from the coast of Java, and reports the death of one of her crew, a Welshman, named William Jones Owens, under c-ircumstances of the most horrifying cliaracter. Owens, with four others of tho crew, went to bathe as the ship ]ay at anchor at Probolingo. They liad not been in tho water many minutes when Owens, who was the farthest from the vessel, uttered a piercing shriek. It was then seen that he had been attaoked by a shark, whieh witli one bite had completely disemboweled him. The mate being on deck and hearing the cry threw a rope to the unfortunate man, who grasped it. He then hauled toward the ship, btit bccoming exhausted he loosened his hold of the rope and sank immediately. The shark, wliich wils following Owens, disappeared below to complete its work. Owens was only 22 years old, and belonged to Bangor, iSIorth Wales. Owing to the river bcing almost full of sharks, the men had been previously wwned against bathing in it. The shark appeared to be about fifteen feet long, though many of them measured over thirty feet. The other four got saf ely back to the ship. The sharks in the river are ground sharks, and scareely ever come to the surface of the water, except when disturbed.