PURSUED BY A SHARK.
BATHERS’ EXCITING ADVENTUiRE. Whilst ibathing at the sands .at •Talruna (Nelson), a few mornings ago, two young men fed an exciting adventure with a shark. Having swum out' a considerable distance from the shore one of the bathers raised .-a shout of alarm as a shark twice brushed him and continued to circle round his companion and himself. Both bathers kept their presence of mind, and splashing .and shouting they eventually got into about three feet of writer, ‘whence they commenced to wade. To their horror they found their assailant getting more >Wrcssive, and tho .grey and black bodv, which was about Bft in length, circled very close in, and was .plainly visible. Keeping their faces towards him, and s>nlash.ing vigorously, *thcy reached a bunk where the-water was not more than a foot deep. They then lost sight of the shark, lmt on crossing tlie channel between the. bank and the shore, they were -again menaced, tlie shark approaching to within two or three feet. Tlie splashim>- and shouting, however, appeared to" be effective, and the bathers reached the shore safely but utteily exhausted. ______
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2410, 27 January 1909, Page 2
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188PURSUED BY A SHARK. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2410, 27 January 1909, Page 2
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