Fatal Attack

1909 Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1909

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Middleton Reef, 300 nm from Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, only his legs, still in sea-boots, were recovered

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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