1930s
Name, Age | Date | Species | Location; Comments |
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A. Thompson, Jr., 16 | June 16, 1937 | Unconfirmed | Killed by a shark while swimming in the ocean in about 4 feet (1.2 m) of water near Galveston, Texas, Thompson's right arm was torn off and his right leg and thigh were mangled. |
Joseph Troy, Jr., 16 | July 25, 1936 | Great white shark | Attacked while swimming at Crescent Beach, Mattapoisett, MA, Troy died during surgery. |
Jere W. Fountain, 38 | September 21, 1935 | Bull shark | Fountain was killed while swimming in Browns Inlet on the New River near Onslow Beach, North Carolina. |
Richard Clark Best, Jr., 8 | June 20, 1934 | Unconfirmed, probably a bull or tiger shark | Best was killed while standing in the surf at Melbourne, Florida. |
Thomas N. Martin, 24 | April 10, 1933 | Unconfirmed, probably a bull or tiger shark | Martin was killed in the surf at Miami Beach, Florida. |
George Gaspar | September 2, 1931 | Tiger shark | Gaspar was swept out to sea by strong currents while fishing at Kāhala, Oahu, Hawaii; his remains were recovered from the stomach of an 18-foot (5.5 m) shark near the Naval Air Station Barbers Point. |
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