BITTEN BY A SHARK
MAN ATTACKED IN SHALLOW-
WATER
(3y Telegraph.)
(Special to "The Evening Post.") CHEISTCHUBCH, This Day. While bathing in three feet of water at Menzie's Bay, Banks Peninsula, a man was attacked by a shark. His thigh was badly lacerated. He endeavoured to push the shark off with his hands, both of which were injured. He succeeded in driving the shark off and made his way out of the water! Ho was later removed to Mr. Menzie's homestead and given the necessary attention. It is not certain yet whether he will have to be removed to the hospital for treatment.
jtfcnzie's Bay is very open to the sea, with deep water, and it is known that sharks have been around the peninsula and in Lyttelton Harbour in great numbers this season, but this is the first time a bather has been attacked. One theory for the prevalence of sharks in the coastal waters is that the sheep boats always have a fair percentage of dead sheep, and the carcasses are dumped overboard, thus attracting largo numbers of sharks. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 8
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181BITTEN BY A SHARK Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 8
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