Shark Attack Incident

Havana Harbor, CUBA

November 30, 1873

Non-fatal

DateNov- or Dec-1873

TypeUnprovoked

CountryCUBA

LocationHavana Harbor

ActivitySwimming / escaping imprisonment

InjuryLegs severed bitten, later surgically amputated

VictimFranz Mayer, Male, 27 years old

SourceNY Times, 8/9/1931

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