ATTACKED BY FISHES
Diver Severely Bitten BONES ON HANDS EXPOSED (Received May 5. 6.30 p.m.) Sydney, May 5. Attacked by a mass of leather-jackets in 45 fathoms of water outside Sydney Heads, a diver, H. Locke, had his hands badly mauled and was hauled to the surface screaming with agony, with blood pouring from 42 bites, several being so deep that the bones, were exposed. Locke, recounting his experience, said: “They came at me from all sides. One bit my hand, and, as the blood flowed, the fish raced for it pell-mell. The taste of blood made them more savage, and they rushed at me with amazing fury.”
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 187, 7 May 1934, Page 9
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