BATHER ATTACKED
INJURED BY SHARE
(Per Press AssociationJ
OHRISTGHURCH, last- night. A bathe,r was attacked! and bitten by a shark in Menzies Bay to-day. The man, whose name is not available, but who is a laborer employed by Henry Conrad, of Menzies Bay, was m 3ft. of water, when a shark, 10ft. long, bit him on tho thigh and ho was lacerated badly before the shark was beaten off. The shark failed to secure a proper hold. Tho man, while trying to push the monster off with his hands, had both of them cut by the shark’s teeth. Ho succeeded in beating the shark off and got out of the water. He was taken to the homestead of tho Menzies family, where he received attention, but ho may yet have to go into hospital. Menzies Bay is open to tho sea, with deep water close in shore, and is a, place where sharks might be expected.
It is known that sharks are numerous this summer round the Peninsula and in Lyttelton harbor, but this is the first occasion on which a bather has been attacked.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16261, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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185BATHER ATTACKED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16261, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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