DateJan-1930
TypeSea Disaster
CountryMAURITIUS
LocationTwo miles from shore in Tamarind Bay
ActivitySwimming to shore after a squall capsized their motorized shark fishing boat
InjuryFive men were said to have been killed by sharks
Victimmales, shark fishermen, Male
SourceNY Times, 1/14/1930, p.8, col.3; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.261
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