Date31-Jul-1924
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationFolly Island, near Charleston
ActivityStanding
SpeciesMako shark, 1.9 m [6.5']. Tooth fragment recovered & identified by J.T. Nichols.
InjuryLeft knee & leg bitten. (Tooth fragment recovered from kneecap)
VictimLewis Kornahrens, Male
SourceE. M. Burton; E.W. Gudger (1935); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.152 & 252; J. Randall, p.350 in Sharks & Survival
Shark Data Lab