Boy Dies After Attack By Giant Jellyfish
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Received Tuesday, 11.25 a.m. BRISBANE, Dec. 29. After being attacked by a giant jellyflsh at North Mission Beaeh, south of Cairns, Brian McNainaray aged 19, died in agony within, a few minutes. , He entered the water watched by his parents. In a depth of two feet he suddenly jumped and screamed "shark!" His father frantically hit and kicked the 'jellyfish, which had wrapped its tentacles about the boy's legs. It siid away and escaped seaward. The boy collapsed and did not regain consciousness. Museum authorities say that the jellyfisli was probably the deadly "Sea Wasp," the sting of which causes agonising pain and paralysis of the breathing muscles, followed by death within four minutes. m u m u
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1949, Page 5
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