Shell Diver K Illed By
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Shark
Thursday Is., July 12.
BUFFERING from terrible injuries in flicted by a shark, Willie, 16, an aboriginal employed at Aukubun Mission, died a few minutes after being dragged from the water off Nepean Island, near Thursday Island, on July 6. He had been diving for trochus shell on the reef.
His companion, Cockatoo, had a narrow escape. Standing in water up to his neck, he saw the shark swimming rapidly to wards him. He dived, and as the shark rushed past, he twisted his body and pushed the monster off with both hands.
He then dived into a hole in the coral where he remained until he could hold his breath no longer. Rising to the surface, he was assisted into the boat.