Shark attack, 1959-09-26 (Sea Disaster)
Location: Off Port Everglades, Broward County, Florida, USA
Time: 17h00
Activity: Adrift, hanging onto cushion, after his 17' skiff ran out of gas & capsized 3 miles from shore
Victim: Robert Walker (M, age 30)
Injury: During the night both hands and feet were bitten, rescued next day after spending 17 hours in the sea.
Fatal: N
Species: A hammerhead shark, then 8 to 10 other sharks were said to be  involved
Source: St Petersberg Times, 9/27/1959;  NY Herald Tribune, 9/28/1959; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960)