SEASIDE TRAGEDY
SHARK SEIZES BOY. SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES. (Received 0 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The weather was fine for the holiday and very hot. The surf drew great crowds. A boy, Mervyn Allum, aged 15 years, was bathing with other boys at Port Hacking when he was seized by a large shark, which stripped the flesh from a log and lacerated the lower part of his body. His companions drove the monster off. Allum was brought ashore, but died en route to the hospital.—A. and N.Z. GALLANT YOUTH. courageous” DISPLAY. (Received 11.37 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day.
When the boy Allam was attacked by the shark, a youth, Stanley Gibbs, heroically went to the rescue, punching the monster until it released its hold. Gibbs commenced to swim to shore pushing the victim before him. The shark again attacked but was beaten off by Gibbs until a boat arrived. —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 4 January 1927, Page 4
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150SEASIDE TRAGEDY Northern Advocate, 4 January 1927, Page 4
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