Shark attack, 1935-11-13 (Unprovoked)
Location: Barrier Reef near Innisfail, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Diving?
Victim: James Messot, a Thursday Islander (M, age 20)
Injury: Back & arm gashed but survived
Fatal: N
Source: NY Times, 11/16/1935; Sun (Sydney) 1/13/1936 (pictures of healed wounds);  V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.244