Date17-Jun-1938
TypeUnprovoked
CountryNICARAGUA
ActivityThe schooner Elizabeth, bound from Bluefields, Nicaragua to the river port of San Carlos foundered
SpeciesThought to involve bull sharks
InjuryFATAL x 2, all other passengers & crew reached shore after a long swim
VictimElena Hodgson & Isaac Ollis
SourceNY Times; L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.558
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