Shark attack, 1955-10-16 (Provoked)
Location: Tully, North Queensland, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Spearfishing & lassoed shark
Victim: Noel Cross (M, age 28)
Injury: Lassoed shark bit his hand PROVOKED INCIDENT
Fatal: N
Species: 6' shark
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 10/17/1955;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.185; Cross, p.34