KILLED BY A SHARK.
Some days ago a man s leg, denuded of fleshj/but with boot and sock on the foot, was found on the beach about a mile north of the vYestfand Sawmill, Hokitika, and subsequently a mutilated body was found. The remains were indentified as those of a well-kndwn resident of Ross, E. Reynolds, who had been missing from the Ross Hospital for a week. It appears that deceased was accustomed to walk to; the beach at Ross and wade a short distancs into the sea. The locality is infested by sharks, attracted by a whale stranded on the beach, and it is conjectured that Reynolds had got within reach o£ one of these monsters, the conjecture being strengthened by the fact that one leg had been torn from the body and all the flesh eaten off.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5748, 17 December 1896, Page 3
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