SHARK TRAGEDY
A (iIRL’-S BRAVERY
GOLD MEDAL AWARDED United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright. SYDNEY. 11th April. Miss Lucv Donaldson, the heroine of the Newcastle shark tragedy, was award-. „i tiie gi 'M medal of the' Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane. Society. >U* is believed (o he ilie first womita >o honoui ed. (Miss Donaldson went to ilie assistance iif :. man who was attacked by a shark, splashing the water and frightening the shark away. The man had heeii"severely mauled ami Miss Donaldson dragged' him ashore, but h« died iV.iin his injuries.)
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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93SHARK TRAGEDY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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