Date25-Jul-1936
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationHollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay
ActivitySwimming crawl stroke
SpeciesWhite shark (identified by Dr. Hugh Smith)
InjuryFATAL, finger severed, thigh bitten He died during the surgical amputation of his leg
VictimJoseph Troy, Jr, Male, 16 years old
Time15h30
SourceB. R. Tilden, M.D.; NY Times, 7/26/1936, p.2; E.W. Gudger (1950); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp. 150 & 253; H.D. Baldridge, p. 35
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