Shark attack, 1953-07-09 (Boating)
Location: Fourchu, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Activity: Fishing for lobsters
Victim: 12' to 14' dory, occupants: John D. Burns & John MacLeod (M, age )
Injury: Burns drowned as result of attack on boat
Fatal: N
Species: White shark, 3.7 m [12'], 500 to 500-kg [1,200 lb], identified by W. C. Shroeder based on tooth fragment ebedded in gunwale
Source: R. Collier, pp.169-170;Bigelow & Schroeder;  Day & Fisher, pp. 295-296