Date1881
TypeUnprovoked
CountryINDIA
LocationAt Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats
Injury"More than 20 persons severely bitten by sharks this year. Almost all were fatal"
SourceA.C. Kastagir, Asst. Surgeon in the Indian Medical Gazette, 4/1/1881, pp.105-106; G.A. Llano, p.142, V.M. Coppelson (1958), p.261
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