FISH’S ATTACK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 233, 31 August 1929, Page 10

FISH’S ATTACK.

SPEAR IN GIRL’S ARM. PREVIOUS FATAL CASE. The spear and jawbone of a fish, called the busa were discovered embedded in a half-caste girl’s arm at Suva. Diana Blakelock was admitted to hospital suffering from a bad arm, and an operation revealed the spear and jawbone, 2J inches long. The girl said she was fishing on the island of Kadavu last year, when the fish attacked her arm. The wound, which became inflamed,, was treated with Fijian herbs for three months, and healed. Recently it became painful again, and swelled like' a huge boil. The hospital dispenser says that previously a Fijian woman was also attacked by a busa while she was fishing. A wound in her ribs was healed by herbs, but later she became ill again, and died. A post-mortem examination revealed a spear penetratingl the stomach. The bust resembles a garfish, but is much larger. It attacks by skipping on its tail at terrific speed.