Date11-Apr-1959
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCoconut Island , 100 miles east of Thursday Island
ActivityDiving for pearl shell
SpeciesTiger shark, 1.8 m [6']
InjuryLeft hand lacerated when he tried to ward off shark
VictimJimmy Pearson, a Torres Strait Islander, Male, 43 years old
SourceG.P. Whitley ref. Sydney Morning Herald, 4/13/1959; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960)
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