Shark attack, Early 1870s (Invalid)
Location: Derwent River, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Canoeing
Victim: Sub Lieut. Bowyer of H.M.S. Chile (M, age )
Injury: Shark bit canoe in half & bit man. Note: There is an earlier story of FATAL shark attack in same river
Fatal: N
Source: C. Black, p.12; V.M. Coppleson (1958) pp. 104-105