Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1918 Muchoir Banks, 60 miles north of San Domingo in the West Indies, SAN DOMINGO

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1918

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Muchoir Banks, 60 miles north of San Domingo in the West Indies, SAN DOMINGO

🌍 SAN DOMINGO

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, "men snatched from rafts by sharks"

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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