DateEarly 1870s
TypeInvalid
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationDerwent River
ActivityCanoeing
InjuryShark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of FATAL shark attack in same river
VictimSub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile, Male
SourceC. Black, p.12; V.M. Coppleson (1958) pp. 104-105
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