Shark attack, 1939-05-03 (Unprovoked)
Location: At sea, several hundred miles south east of Cape Henry, Virginia, Virginia, USA
Activity: Washed off freighter Huncliff by a freak wave
Victim: John Heagan (M, age )
Injury: FATAL, attacked by shark, body not recovered 
Fatal: Y
Source: L.A. Times, 5/7/1939; NY Times, 5/8/1939, p.18, col.1; V.M. Coppleson , p.253