SYDNEY SHARK TRAGEDY
16YEAR-OLD BOY LOSES LIFE
RIGHT LEG TERRIBLY MUTILATED.
SURFING IN FURTHER BREAKERS.
SATAuft at North! StoWK -
By 'Telegraph^ PleSs Assfu—Copyright.
Rec. 7.20 p.m. Sydney, April 1. Another Shark tragedy occurred at the lunch hour to-day at North Steyne, neaf Mhiliy. A party Of boys was SUM* ing on the second line of breakers when (Loon Hermes, aged 16, cried Out, “Shark!” His companions immediately afterwards saW the Water Staihed With blood.
Hermes sank, but was soon brought ashore. He died in half an hour from shock Shd loss Of blood. His fight leg WaS mutilated in a ferfiblb ihaiihef hfid Was torii td
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 7
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