BONDI TRAGEDY.
YOUTH MAULED BY SHARK. SYDNEY, Jan. 13. Stuart died to-day after a gallant fight against odds. The doctors regarded the case as hopeless from the beginning. The boy was conscious to the end and said the first bite was painless. He thought someone was playing a joke, then the shark seized him again. The rescuer, Robert Kavanough, aged 22. said he was about ten yards away, when he heard a cry and rushed to Stuart’s assistance. The shark was tearing at the lad’s leg and then disappeared. Kavanough seized the stricken boy and carried him shoreward, till others came to his assistance. He felt the reaction as a dreadful experience. His legs almost became useless. When others took the burden he slipped off homeward. Kavanough is an athlete, and won the half-mile relay race at the University sports on Saturday afternoon.
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Grey River Argus, 15 January 1929, Page 5
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