Fatal Swimming Attack

1936 Throsby Creek, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1936

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Throsby Creek, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg severed at knee

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.