Fishing Boat Attacked By Large Shark
OCCUPANTS IN DEADLY F3RIL. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 2 a.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 4. Two fishermen in an open launch had. an unenviable experience iu Botany Bay overnight wnen a large shark tore a hole in the bottom of their launch which soon filled but did not actually sink enabling the men to float submerged to their necks for 34 hours in deadly peril. There was a further shark attack when they were rescued by another fishing party. Some shark’s teeth were found embedded in the launch timbers. The men think the shark ws* attracted by the odour of a dead baby shark which they were using for bait. *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 30, 5 February 1937, Page 7
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