Shark attack, 1949-04-17 (Unprovoked)
Location: Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: 13h30
Activity: Bathing in water 0.9 m deep
Victim: Richard Joseph Maguire (M, age 13)
Injury: FATAL, left leg severed
Fatal: Y
Species: 3.3 m [10'9"] shark
Source: G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.239; A. Sharpe, pp.38 & 97