Shark attack, 1898 (soon after the close of the Spanish-American War) (Unprovoked)
Location: Off Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA
Activity: 13 men in the water after sailboat capsized & sank
Victim: seamen (M, age )
Injury: FATAL, 7 survived but 6 were taken by sharks
Fatal: Y
Source: J. E. Kirby, letter to Captain Dinning, dated 10/14/1927