Shark attack, 18-Oct-1887 (Unprovoked)
Location: Between Lake Worth & Biscayne Bay, near Hillsboro, Florida, USA
Activity: Crossing inlet in a boat, seen fighting sharks with his oar, sharks smashed boat
Victim: James F. Hamilton, a mail carrier (M, age )
Injury: FATAL
Fatal: Y
Source: Evening Telegram, 11/5/1887