Date26-Aug-1935
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationAt Flat Top, near Mackay
ActivityFell overboard, hanging onto lifebuoy
Species3.7 m [12'] shark
InjuryFATAL. His body was not recovered, but about 3 weeks later 2 sharks were caught with human remains, thought to be those of Quinn
VictimPatrick Quinn, Male, 38 years old
TimeNight
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.22; G. P. Whitley
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