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Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of shark attack in same river [268] 1880 St George's Bay: Male [269] 1843-1844 Circa. Reported on 14 September 1883. Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula: Swimming / escaping imprisonment: Owen: Male [270] 1893 4 April: Chimney Point, George's Bay: Boat ...
An Italian college student was bitten by a shark in Australia last week in a shocking incident captured on camera — caught only because the 20-year-old wanted to be able to say goodbye to his ...
On 8 December 1963, whilst participating in the 1963 South Australia Spearfishing Championship at Aldinga Beach, Fox was attacked by a great white shark, and badly bitten around the chest and arm. His story of the attack and escape has been published many times. He is regarded as a miracle survivor of one of the world's worst non-fatal shark ...
Divers in Australia were especially susceptible to shark attacks in the country, with over a hundred separate and recorded incidents, bites, and attacks involving divers since the 1960's. [3] Apart from the majority of divers hurt or killed in these attacks being involved in the spearfishing industry, many of these attacks are unprovoked and ...
SYDNEY (AP) — A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state on Sunday, officials said.
A shark fatally attacked a swimmer just outside Sydney on Wednesday in the first such deadly encounter near Australia's cultural hub in nearly 60 years,
The Australian Shark Attack File [126] has recorded that since 1791 there have been 639 shark attacks in Australia with 190 of them being fatal. [127] Since shark netting began in 1937, the number of deaths from sharks on beaches has been reduced in New South Wales, with only one fatal attack on a netted beach during that time.
A surfer is fighting for his life in the hospital after he was attacked by a shark off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday. Surfer fights for his life after shark attack in Australia Skip ...