Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1894 Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1894

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Amputation

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

"Lost his arm"

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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