Date12-Sep-1919
TypeUnprovoked
CountryCOSTA RICA
LocationWhere Colorado River enters the sea
ActivitySmall vessel with 13 men on board capsized crossing the bar and 6 men drowned. The 7 survivors were swimming to shore
InjuryFATAL, 6 men were taken by sharks as they neared the beach, 1 survived
Victim6 males, Male
SourcePinchot, p.85-86
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