Date20-Aug-1959
TypeInvalid
CountryPHILIPPINES
LocationCabuli Island
ActivityThe 240-ton motor vessel Pilar II with 100 people on board capsized in high winds & rough seas
SpeciesShark involvement prior to death was not confirmed
InjuryNavy personnel reported that his body was "mutilated by sharks" but it is probable that death resulted from drowning
Victimboy, Male, 10 years old
Time04h00
SourceManila Daily, 8/26/1959; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.259; F. Dennis, p.20; SAF Case #655
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