Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Wading Attack

1928 Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1928

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right hand severed, large lacerations on thigh

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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