Shark attack, 1959-04-11 (Unprovoked)
Location: Coconut Island , 100 miles east of Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Diving for pearl shell
Victim: Jimmy Pearson, a Torres Strait Islander (M, age 43)
Injury: Left hand lacerated when he tried to ward off shark
Fatal: N
Species: Tiger shark, 1.8 m [6'] 
Source: G.P. Whitley ref. Sydney Morning Herald, 4/13/1959; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960)