KILLED BY A SHARK.
MAN DISAPPEARS IS SEA./
Ernest Conrov. aged 20 years, of Kiahia, . near Sydney, mot his death: in, circum-' , stances which suggest; that',; he was taken by a shark on the afternoon of April 25.';:'.". With a friend, he was fishing off the rocks in the channel leading to Blowhole at Kiania, when he either slipped or wit> .** ; ■ washed into the water. v ; He-called to his ■ companion, , who threw him a line, but ;he . :. was apparently jn no danger ok drowning, and turned to swim to an, easier landing: ■ '-> •' place. , ", ' ,-' • The friend then walked around to the spot Conroy was making; for,'..but, 1 ;' although:: ; less than a" minute 'had elapsed, 1 there* was •; - no sign of him.'; ,', He had . been V swimming so strongly and confidently, ii: moment be- . foro that it is .thought that ho was attacked hy a shark. Some of his remains ; v found afterwards support this thuory,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18702, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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154KILLED BY A SHARK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18702, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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