Shark attack, 1937-05-15 (Unprovoked)
Location: Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: Night
Activity: Refused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river
Victim: William Tennant (M, age 33)
Injury: FATAL, left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee    
Fatal: Y
Species: 2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site
Source: V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.90 & 238