Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Essequibo River Mouth Essequibo Guyana — March 1914
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Essequibo River Mouth Essequibo Guyana in 1914-03. Recorded activity: Boat swamped / person in the water. Classification: Air/sea disaster. Outcome: Fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Essequibo River Mouth Essequibo Guyana.
- Date: 1914-03.
- Activity: Boat swamped / person in the water.
- Classification: Air/sea disaster.
- Outcome: Fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- The date is intentionally shown with limited precision; no day is invented.
- Historical sources differ by about one day; the exact day is uncertain.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- The supplied source lists 1914-03-10; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- March 1914
- Date precision
- Month
- Location
- Essequibo River Mouth Essequibo Guyana
- Country
- Guyana
- Activity
- Boat swamped / person in the water
- Incident classification
- Air/sea disaster
- Area / state
- Essequibo
- Person / vessel
- Harold F. Brook
- Sex
- M
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Location context
Historical locations can be approximate. No coordinates have been assigned from the place name, and this record does not imply a map marker or a current risk estimate.
Incident location
Essequibo River Mouth, Essequibo, Guyana
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.