KILLED BY SHARK
TRAGEDY ON NEWCASTLE BEACH. . YOUTH’S TRAGIC- END. <U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright. ■ (Received Feb. L-l, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 14. A shark tragedy occurred on Newcastle beach on Saturday afternoon. Jack Welsh, aged 32, was swimming with two companions JSO yards from the. shore when a largw shark attacked him several times. Both his legs were d*eadfully mutilated above the knees. One arm was also mutilated. The body floated ashore a few minutes later on the crest of the breakers. Death had apparently been instantaneous.'* A companion, Herbert Street, stated that he heard Welsh give a faint cry and disappear under the surface. He realised it would he- futile and positively dangerous to try to help Ho saw the shark’s fins during the attack.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19370215.2.44
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13093, 15 February 1937, Page 5
Word Count
127KILLED BY SHARK Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13093, 15 February 1937, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in