Shanghai, Aug. 30.
Messiges received in Shanghai yesterday revealed that a British sallor,.who hod been bitten by a shark, whilst bathing at Tsingta: on Aug. 27, had succumbed to his wounds and was buried yesterday in the British Naval Block at Tsingtao were received by the British Naval authorities here, a. message from the Senior Naval 'OMice at Tsingtao conveying the information fiat while a bathing party of sailors were swimming in the sea, a. shark sud~ denly appeared. and bit. the sailor, whose name was not disclosed in the message.. Sustaining serious wounds he was" immediately taken to hospital where he died, 'The appearance' of sharks in Tsingtao waters is a rare phenomenon, the climate in this zone being of the temperate type, in which sharks and other deep sea denizens from tropic waters are usually not found. Sharks are known, however, to stray many miles from. their native haunts as bathers in the temperate climate of England have @iscovered during recent years when sharks have been spotted at south-coast bathing resorts, Residents of Shanghai who have visited Tsingtao for many years Fecall occasional instances of sharks visiting the seaport, but cases have been known of bathers suffering severe and painful injuries from contact with jelly fishes which frequent these waters.
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