ACTIVITY: Swimming

CASE: GSAF 1907.08.12.R

DATE: Reported August 12, 1907
LOCATION: The incident took place in the
northern Adriatic Sea off the island of Krk
(Veglia, in Italian), Primorie-Gorski Kotar
county, Croatia.
NAME: Josef Slivovic
BACKGROUND
Krk is located near Rijeka in the Bay of
Kvrner and is the biggest island in the
Adriatic, with an area of 409.9 square
kilometres.
NARRATIVE: See press clippings
INJURY: Fatal
SPECIES: Not identified
SOURCES: The Ogden
Standard,
Tuesday,
August 13, 1907; The
Atlanta
Constitution,
August 25, 1907, page 6.
NOTE: The press reports
refer to an earlier case in
which a female was killed
by a shark. It is thought
they refer to GSAF
07.14.R which took place
in the Adriatic Sea off
Suuraj, Hvar Island,
Croatia, less than a
month earlier.
CASE INVESTIGATOR:
Renzo Rocconi, GSAF

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The Atlanta Constitution, August 25, 1907, page 6

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