SHARK DRAGS BOAT TO SEA
FISHERMAN ABANDONS FIGHT SAVED BY PASSING SHIP. By Telegraph.—Prcea Assn.—Copyright SYDNEY, July 8. A man fishir*; from a small boat in Susses Inlet booked a 12-foot shark which headed for the open sea, dragging the boat with great rapidity. A choppy sea was running at the time, which made the position dangerous for the fisherman, who hung on, the fight with the monster continuing for an hour and a half. Fearing his boat would be swamped as it #as dragged through the waves, the fisherman finally cut loose. The water was then too rough to row back, and he was drifting further seaward when, picked up bv a passing steamer almost exhausted.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12185, 9 July 1925, Page 7
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