YOUTH TAKEN BY SHARK
AUSTRALIAN DROWNINGS MANY RESCUES EFFECTED PATROLS ON BEACHES (Klee. T<*l. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 28, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 28. A boy aged seven years was drowned in the Newcastle harbour yesterday and -a youth aged 19 was lost in the surf at the mouth of the Bellinger River. It is believed that the latter was taken by a shark. No lives were lost on the patrolled beaches, on which a total of 161 lives were saved in major rescues with reel, line and belt during the last four days. There were also hundreds of minor rescues.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 7
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102YOUTH TAKEN BY SHARK Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 7
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