HOLIDAY SURFING.
«>- — BOY KILLED BY SHARK. (Bf CABLE—P»BS3 ASSOC! ATIOH—COPXRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AMU K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 3rd, 7.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 3. The weather was fine for the holiday and very hot, so that the surf drew great crowds. A boy named Mervyn Allum, aged fifteen, was bathing with other boys at Port Hacking when he was seized by a large shark, which stripped the flesh from his leg and lacerated the lower part of his body His companions drove the monster off and Allum was brought ashore, but he died on the way to the hospital.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18890, 4 January 1927, Page 9
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98HOLIDAY SURFING. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18890, 4 January 1927, Page 9
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