Attack by Shark
BRISBANE, February 20. While the State sculling champion, C. E. Slaughter, was training in & sculling outrigger in the Brisbane River, a 10ft shark savagely attacked the stern of the frail craft, which was filled with water by the time Slaughter reached the bank.
AA'hen the outrigger was examined there were more than a dozen teethmarks on either side of the stern, which was splintered for a distance of four feefi
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 44, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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73Attack by Shark Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 44, 22 February 1936, Page 5
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