Incident Report

North Island, New Zealand

Sunday, February 26, 1939

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Hand

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Lacerations to left hand from hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Sunday

Individual

Name

T. S. Ramsbottom

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

North Island, New Zealand

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Estuary

Coordinates

-39.0000, 176.0000

North Island, New Zealand

Incident Profile

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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