Fatal Wading Attack

1940 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1940

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, injuries to lower back

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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