SHARK TRAGEDY.
Boy Lost While Bathing at Manly. COMPANION'S STORY. SYDNEY, February 4. While David Paton, a schoolboy, aged 14, was bathing at South Steyne, Manly, this afternoon, he is believed to have been taken by a shark. Nobody witnessed the incident, but Benjamin Redfern, also aged 14, with whom Paton had been bathing, heard what he described as a "swish" and said that upon looking in the direction where he had last seen Paton he discovered that the latter had disappeared. Afterwards the Water became bloodstained, leaving little doubt as to the fate of Paton. The beach inspector and several surfers immediately put out in a surf boat and searched for the missing lad, but without avaiL
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 30, 5 February 1936, Page 7
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118SHARK TRAGEDY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 30, 5 February 1936, Page 7
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