CANADIAN SHARK ATTACK REGISTRY

Fisherman killed by shark after falling overboard

Case number: 9
Date: Reported August 30, 1891
Location: Cabot Strait, Nova Scotia
Incident type: Attack — Code: PRE
Species: Unknown
Possible cause(s): Person overboard (Unprovoked)
Result: Fatality
Status: Plausible
Description: A fisherman (John Roult, 21) was reportedly attacked and killed by a shark immediately after falling overboard from the French (Saint-Pierre) schooner Société. His body was not found. Exact date (reported 30 August) and location unknown.

Assessment: There is too little information to confirm the shark species or if a shark was actually involved, but the incident occurred at a prime location and time for the white shark.

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References:
¹ Charles Edward Russell. (1929). From Sandy Hook to 62°. Sandy Hook Pilots Association. Pages 310-311.
(Background) Schooner Atlantic by Charles Edwin Bolles (Public domain).
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