THREW UP ARMS AND UTTERED CRY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 33, 9 February 1929, Page 5

THREW UP ARMS AND UTTERED CRY

bather attacked by shark.

DEATH IN HOSPITAL,

SYDNEY, Feb. 8,

While surfing at Bondi' afternoon, John GTBsfm, years| of] ago, was attacked y » shark, which severed! his left let, above the knee and horribly mutilated the other from the buttocks to the ankle. The man uttered a faint cry, thr-\ op his hands and fought ™‘klly. Members of the Bondi Surf Club heroically dragged him to the bead where it was seen bo was almost beyond add. y in . The injured man died at bt. v cent's Hospital a fw mmntcs utter admission from shock and loss ot blood. , Gibson was a married man and - sided at Excelsior Fiahs, Bondi, widow is very ill.