Incident Report

Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia

Saturday, February 13, 1886

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants, shark shook boat "stem to stern"

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Saturday

Individual

Name

20' boat; occupants: John Wright & a friend

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-37.9998, 145.0960

Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

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