Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1898 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1898

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Reported fatal, but this is a questionable incident

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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