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Surfers Paradise, near Southport, AUSTRALIA — 15-Jan-1940
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Shark Attack Incident
Surfers Paradise, near Southport, AUSTRALIA
January 15, 1940
Non-fatal
Date
15-Jan-1940
Type
Unprovoked
Country
AUSTRALIA
Location
Surfers Paradise, near Southport
Activity
Swimming
Injury
Chest lacerated
Victim
Douglas Bright, Male, 22 years old
Time
Afternoon
Source
V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 93 & 238
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