CROCODILE ATTACKS BATHER
CAIRNS MAN GRAVELY INJURED
GRIM VISITANT TO CITY BATHS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Cairns, Jan. 25
While bathing in 18 inches of water in the city swimming enclosure last night, Kevin Conlon, aged 24, was attacked by a large crocodile, which bit a ’large piece of flesh from his hip and inflicted deep gashes in his back with its claws. He is in a critical condition. Tiie crocodile entered through a hole in the baths.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1929, Page 12
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