Date09-Jul-1953
TypeWatercraft
CountryCANADA
LocationFourchu, Cape Breton Island
ActivityFishing for lobsters
SpeciesWhite shark, 3.7 m [12'], 500 to 500-kg [1,200 lb], identified by W. C. Shroeder based on tooth fragment ebedded in gunwale
InjuryBurns drowned as result of attack on boat
Victim12' to 14' dory, occupants: John D. Burns & John MacLeod, Male
SourceR. Collier, pp.169-170;Bigelow & Schroeder; Day & Fisher, pp. 295-296
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