SHARK TRAGEDY.
o Legs And Arms Of Bather Mutilated. Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 14. A shark tragedy occurred on a Newcastle beach bn Saturday alternoon. Jack Welsh, aged 32, was swimming with tWo companions 159 yards from the shore when a large shark attacked him several times. Both of Welsh’s.’ legs were dreadfully mutilated above the knees. One arm also was mutilated. The body floated ashore a few minutes later on the crest of the breakers. Death was apparently immediate.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 5
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80SHARK TRAGEDY. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 360, 15 February 1937, Page 5
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