FIGHT WITH A SHARK.
INCIDENT IN A SWIMMING POOL.
After being fought for an hour by several men in a boat, a 9ft Gin shark, which had entered the swimming pool at the Heads. Whukatane, on Tuesday, was hauled aisnore by means of a rope. ' Air Anderson, from a nearby bank, who saw the dorsal', lin of the shark glulihg through themvatOr, raised an alariii,' ami several children who were bathing hurried from the water. Air Anderson ami seveitil others, armed with a harpoon, an axe, and some iron bars, rowed out. in a dinghy and gave gave battle to the shark. A terrific light followed, in which the shark was frequently wounded, but not in a vital spot. ' Eventually the monster dived down under a ledge of the groyne, and remained there. A Maori, however, dived in and tied a rope to the shark’s tail, and by this means it was hauled ashore.
It had been thought almost impossible for a shark to enter the pool, which was 300 yards long and about 50 yards wide. Thewc is one small gap in the groyne which closes the pool. The shark apparently entered the pool through this gap.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 19, 5 January 1923, Page 2
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