ATTACKED BY SHARK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 January 1929, Page 5

ATTACKED BY SHARK.

BOY FATALLY INJURED. A MODEST RESOUER. •lited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Jan. 13. Colin James Stuart, aged 14, was badly mauled by a 12-foot shark a few yards from the water’s edge at the Bondi beach last evening. Many bathers were leaving the surf at the time. Colin was swimming quietly when the shark attacked him, tearing the flesh right from the thigh to the knee. A mate of the lad rushed to his assistance and brought him- ashore with the help of a man. Colin was sent to hospital and is in a serious condition. The rescuer disappeared unidentified It is believed he was overcome by his exertion® and was quietly taken away by friends. The attack emphasises the danger run by hundreds of people who bathe in the surf at night time during the hot spell. Stuart 'died to-day after a gallant fight against odds, says a later message. The doctors regarded his case as hopeless from the beginning. The boy was conscious to the end. He said the first bite was painless and he thought someone was playing a joke. Then the shark seized him again. The rescuer, Robert Kavanough, aged 22, .says 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. Ivavanough seized the stricken hoy and carried him shoreward till others came to his assistance. He felt the reaction of the dreadful experience and his legs became almost useless. AVlien 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.