KILLED BY A SWORDFISH
A Gold Coast fisherman. Kwashi Botswe. was killed recently by a swordfish while fishing at. sea, about 12 miles off the shore. Five fishermen were returning after an unsuccessful morning's work. They fastened a herring to a hook, and threw it into the sea. It was immediately taken by a swordfish, and Botswe, who was sitting at the end of the canoe, tried to draw in it. Two other men sank grappling hooks into it, leaving the angler to clutch the creature's " sword " with his cloth-protected hand. As he bent to the task, the infuriated fish made a lunge and ran him through the head, the " sword " projecting a hand's-breadth behind. Botswe was drawn into the sea and died. The swordfish was about seven feet long, its " sword " alone measuring two feet.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23045, 23 November 1936, Page 4
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