ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK.
SYDNEY HARBOR INCIDENT. Two water policemen, Constables Hoo ton and George D.iy, jiad a iinrron escape irom bom;, ;:<ipiii*ed by a monster shark while ihej w en; engaged in pat ro! duty at Little Alunly, neur the Sydney Quarantine Station, recently, Hooton and Day wero drifting in iheir skill' oS the gasworks, when they \.«sro start let by a splash a few yards away l'roa them. Thou they Baw tlie fin of a shark; which was coaling with a great man al the okiff. When it got nearer, however, it slowed down and glided alongside the boat, remaining no more than a foot below the- surface. The constables state J.liat the shark was lift. , long. Codstable Hooton jagged the Bflark with a scull. It turned on its back and grew very savage. After nosing round thorn for a timo it got directly under the bow. Here it remained for awhile, but Day in the meantime bad aimed himself with the boat-hook. When the share showed out again he hit it hard, and the monster swam away. This incident happened not more than 200 yards from the beach, where quarantine contacts were bathing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1919, Page 5
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196ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK. Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1919, Page 5
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