Fatal Wading Attack

1919 Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1919

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, thigh bitten, leg amputated

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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