Date04-Apr-1928
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCooks Hill, Newcastle
ActivityStanding in waist-deep water
InjuryFATAL, right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh
VictimEdward Arthur Lane, Male, 28 years old
Time18h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N18. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.76 & 231; A. Sharpe, pp.83-84; G.A. Llano, pp.166-167