EXCITING EXPERIENCE
SHARK HEAPS INTO LAUNCH SMASHES THE CHAIR Tli 0 launch llWue returned to Whaugaroa early on Wednesday evening, her cockpit presenting ascene of wreckage, wlier e a niarko shark lmd leaped on hoard. Mi- A. Lawyer, who was in the chair, had a strike, and hefor e the engine could be started the Sisli broached alongside three times, each time clearing the water by 15 feet The third time it -lauded right'in the chair on its nose. The angler had barely tinme to escape. The chair wak broken to matchwood, several pieces showing broken teeth embedded in the wood. The panelling was badly damaged, and a heavy guninetal control lever was broken. Mr Bowyer managed after a desperate struggle to kill the fish with a whale-spade. The fish weighed 2281 b.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 18 March 1930, Page 6
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