BIT BY SHARK
TWO WOMEN BATHERS. 'By Telegraph—Press Association)'. PUKETvOHE, Jan. 14. While bathing in a tidal creek near .Miranda wharf on Friday evening, Mrs J. C. Foot,, wife of a I’ipiroa sett.ler and a female companion, were attacked by a shark. The latter was the first victim and received a nasty bite on the thigh. She screamed for help, Mrs Foot going to her assistance, and when near her companion received a bite on the right forearm. She lost no time in gaining the shore. Barer the fin of a shark was observed cutting through the water but it disappeared. The women’s wounds were attended to and they are now progressing favourably. Miranda is situated in Tlaurn.ki (Julf, midway between Waitakarura and New Brighton.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1929, Page 5
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125BIT BY SHARK Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1929, Page 5
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