When I asked her if it hurt, she told me, 'No I am not in pain', he recalled. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { When I asked her if it hurt, she told me, 'No I am not in pain', he recalled. ''I am not in pain,'' she told her fiance. Actress Marcia Hathaway (L) died in a fatal shark attack in Middle Harbour, Sydney, on January 28, 1963 (Mosman Collective/Sydney Morning Herald) Australian actress Marcia Hathaway did not know the horror that awaited as she toasted her engagement with her fiance on the shoreline of a Sydney bay . I think at one stage I had my foot in its mouth. Miss Marcia Hathaway, a well-known Sydney actress, was fatally mauled by a shark in Middle Harbour, yesterday afternoon. Sugarloaf Bay: The scene of the fatal shark attack. They reportedly later caught the bull shark they believed killed the actress, and put it on display. 'Sharks are part of the marine environment and if we could track where every shark was you would find there would be a large shark on most popular beaches most days of the year.'. The shark attacked her while she was standing in murky water only 30 inches deep and 20 feet from the shore in the northern arm of Sugarloaf Bay. In 2020, Australia reported 22 unprovoked shark attacks which made up 38 per cent of the worldwide total. James Delmege and Frederick Knight pulled Marcia onto the sand, as boat owners David Mason and Peter Cowden tore sheets from bunk beds to use as torniquets for their terrified, still conscious friend. She had terrible injuries to her legs and lower body, Frederick told the Inquest into Marcias death. Marcia Hathaway was born on February 8, 1930 in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. That's a great white shark,' one fisherman can be heard yelling in footage. Many locals have vowed to avoid the water for a while in the wake of the tragedy. He MUST seize it, starting with the Budget, writes ANDREW NEIL. "He just went down for a swim, enjoying the day, but that shark took his life.". The well-known Sydney actress was fatally mauled by a bull shark in Middle Harbour on January 28, 1963, after jumping off a boat on the clear 30C day, 59 years ago. "I'm not too clear what happened. It happened so fast and I could not see much in the water. More than a dozen men attempted to push the vehicle up a steep hill before conceding that another ambulance was required. He told the Guardian Australia: "Everyone was looking around, trying to work out what was going on. Many Sydneysiders had hoped to spend a day in the ocean with temperatures to reach a balmy 87.8F (31C). Oh no! Before she lost consciousness for the last time, Mr Knight asked her if she was in pain. Bond's University researcher Dr Daryl McPhee said the rise in attacks worldwide was down to a number of factors including more people being on the water doing activities, in more remote locations, and also warmer oceans are forcing shark and their food supply to different areas. window.adsContainer = {"position2":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Above_Next_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position3":{"code":"Article_Mobile_300x250_ATF_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle1_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle2_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position7":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle3_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle4_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle5_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position10":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle6_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position11":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle7_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position12":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle8_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position13":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle9_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position14":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle10_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position15":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle11_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position16":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle12_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250}} Fast forward nearly six decades, and the city is once again reeling after the death of a swimmer off Little Bay beach in the eastern suburbs. However, the shark had sunk its jagged teeth deep into her thigh. 'When I reached Marcia, it struck again and seized her on the thigh. New South Wales Police said in a statement:'An investigation into the swimmer's death is ongoing, and Little Bay Beach is closed as officers continue to search the area.'. When the shark attacked, her fiance, who was beside her, fought the shark with his hands and kicked it as it twisted in the blood-stained water, trying to drag its victim into deep water, the article reads. 'I heard Marcia scream "Oh dear", and then she was dragged into deep water,' her fianc Frederick Knight later said. },false) Over a dozen men tried to push the vehicle up a steep hill but in the end they had to wait for a second ambulance. The first ambulance that arrived to take Ms Hathaway to hospital at Mowbray broke down and, dying, she had to wait for another. Miss Marcia Hathaway, a well-known Sydney actress, was fatally mauled by a shark in Middle Harbour, yesterday afternoon. Simon Nellist, 35, was swimming at Little Bay when he was fatally attacked by a shark. Simon Nellist shark attack evokes horrifying memories of fatal trio of attacks in 2021, Chilling video shows half-eaten zombie shark hunting despite attack by other sharks, Just moments after Hathaway and Knight entered the shallow waters of Sugarloaf Bay, the glamorous actress thought she had been ambushed by an octopus in just 30 inches of water. This is a beautiful community. Former political staffer Brittany Higgins has publicly called out a prominent radio host for his claims on her compensation claim. The MP for the state electorate of Maroubra, Michael Daley, went to the scene on Wednesday evening. Stunned fishermen find a bizarre blue shark with a deformed At least 44 are killed in Brazil as floods and landslides Do not sell or share my personal information. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); The coast is our life around here.". "I tried to reassure Marcia and told her that the shark had just brushed past her. Randwick Mayor DylanParker said the community was in shock. But while it had been hoped such horror deaths had been left to the history books, Sydney this week reported its first fatal shark attack since Marcia's death almost six decades ago. The tragic death is the first deadly shark attack in Sydney since 1963 when Marcia Hathaway, a well-known local actress, was fatally mauled by a shark in Middle Harbour. And finally there are camouflage wetsuit and surfboard decals which can prevent surfers from appearing like seals to hungry sharks. 'I heard Marcia scream "oh dear", and then she was dragged into deep water,' her fiance Frederick Knight said at the time. He sprang into action and bravely tried to wrestle the monster, even straddling its back at one point in his efforts to free Hathaway. The last fatal shark attack in Sydney's waters was on Monday, 28 January in 1963. Yesterday's shark attack has shocked Sydney after human remains were found about 4.30pm at Little Bay Beach near Malabar. 'I heard Marcia scream "Oh dear", and then she was dragged into deep water,' her fianc Frederick Knight later said. It was soft and spongy.. 'It was terrible. A report will be prepared for the Coroner. We waded into the water until we were knee deep, Frederick Knight would later recall, Marcia wasnt very far from the beach and I had moved in to take off a pair of sandshoes I was wearing. It's very, very upsetting. Ms Hathaway, 32, was on board a boat with friends in Sydney Harbour on a clear 30C day on January 28, 1963, when they dared her to prove she could swim. Photos of her body, which are too graphic to publish, showed her legs shredded as though crushed by industrial machinery in the attack. Marcia, 32, was lapping up the sunshine on a boat with her partner Frederick Knightand pals in Middle Harbour on January 28, 1963, when, as she shielded her fair complexion from the blazing 30C heat, friends dared Marcia to prove she could swim in a playful bet that would prove fatal. 28 January 1963. Shocking footage showed the predator thrashing around in the ocean and dragging its victim underwater as the sea turned red with blood, sparking panic on the shore. It was January 28, 1963, when Marcia Hathaways young, promising life was snatched away by a bull shark in an attack that left Sydney shocked. The 700-year-old Coronation chair that has been used for the crowning of King Charles has 'jeopardised' the monarchy by meeting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Do we get our 87p back? Rishi Sunak looked like he had won the lottery. The police offered no information about the identity of the swimmer. },false) I keep vomiting. SMH NEWS Picture by STUBBS Marcia Hathaway, an actress, who was dragged into deep water by a bull shark Ms Hathaway was freed from the shark but died after waiting for an ambulance Nearly six decades later, and. "I'm not too clear what happened. The shark wouldn't stop. Contribute to this page. A reporter radioed his office and a second ambulance was sent. The tragic star, who worked extensively in theatre and on Sydney radio, is best known as the last person to be killed by a shark in the Australian city nearly six decades ago. We had been in the water for about five minutes and I was about 12 to 15 feet away from Marcia with my back to her," Knight later recalled, as quoted by Mosman Collective. It's the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963. The shark pounced while she was standing in murky water only 20ft from the shore in the northern arm of Sugarloaf Bay, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The shark pounced while she was standing in murky water only 20 feet from the shore in the northern arm of Sugarloaf Bay, Sydney Morning Herald reports. Not really by any data or any sort of realistic estimate of what the actual risk is. And finally there are camouflage wetsuit and surfboard decals which can prevent surfers from appearing like seals to hungry sharks. She said she thought she had been attacked by an octopus. 'We heard a yell and turned around it looked like a car had landed in the water, a big splash then the shark was chomping at the body and there was blood everywhere.'. gads_event = event; View our online Press Pack. Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ Police urged beachgoers to follow safety guidance from Surf Life Saving NSW. Cool drinks and a light lunch on Valeetas afterdeck then led to a playful conversation, Marcias cousin would later reveal, followed by a spur-of-the-moment decision that would ultimately claim her life. Mr Nellist, a certified diving instructor, was attacked just after 4:30pm on Wednesday. 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I have seen men die, but I have never seen anyone as brave as Marcia, I think the last words she said to me were, Dont worry about me dear, God will look after me'.". By the time it arrived an hour later she had stopped breathing. She had stopped breathing by the time a second ambulance arrived. Title: 1963.01.28 - Hathaway Author: A successful Sydney actress, 32-year-old Marcia was well known on stage and screen, but it was her final role, as the last person to die of a shark attack on Sydney Harbour, that she is remembered for. The shark attacked her while she was standing in murky water only 30 inches deep and 20 feet from the shore in the northern arm of Sugarloaf Bay. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The beaches from Clovelly to Botany Bay have been closed and will remain shut on Thursday. In the footage, a fisherman can be heard shouting 'someone just got eaten by a shark'. 'Dont worry about me dear, God will look after me.. Rescue crews on jet skis and boats frantically hunted for the swimmer before human remains were found in the water and, according to reports, parts of a wetsuit were also recovered. But as fate would have it, the ambulance broke down. Reputation management expert reveals why it doesn't just happen to How did Russia lose HALF of its 45,000 elite paratroopers in just seven months? He ran through the water after her and remarkably at one point straddled the back of the shark as he fought to pull Ms Hathaway free. (6h!Kb-ibBHFT "A xNP(Ag@>He@%CWW %>ax,M*C90pONj-FYKPFnSnP|g['bbTh,u}y(Fh)Aih8. Turning toward his fiance, Frederick Knight then watched the unthinkable happen. She'd stopped breathing by the time it arrived (pictured, the first ambulance, with locals trying to push it up a steep hill), Middle Harbour is a regular passageway for many bull sharks but is also considered a safe swimming spot. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. hitType: 'event', ', A swimmer has died after a fatal shark attack at Little Bay Beach (scene pictured) on Wednesday afternoon, Shocked witnesses (pictured speaking to police) heard the swimmer's screams in the water, Kris Linto (pictured) was fishing at the time when he witnessed the horrifying shark attack. The businessman died near his home in Byron Bay, New South Wales, in 2014, Mr Knight added: 'I started to kick the shark and beat it with my fists, most of the struggle is a blank but I remember at one time the shark was between my legs and I seemed to be straddling it.'. God will look after me.'' Marcia Hathaway was 32, an actress and converted Christian, who once played a mission nurse in the forgotten film The Shadow of the Boomerang. The best entrants of the Sony World Photography Awards, Olivia Newton-John's friend opens up on roughest day, Tourists see pod of orca trap and kill whale off WA coast. The state of Florida reported more than half of all attacks in the US in 2021 - with a total of 28. One such method is to deploy drones which scan the water and send images to an artificial intelligence computer which can accurately spot sharks. Over a dozen men tried to push the vehicle up a steep hill but in the end they had to wait for a second ambulance. A local woman who regularly goes swimming around the area said the attack 'made her think twice'. Police will liaise with the Department of Primary Industry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the swimmer. hb```e``r``a`ea@ f(Gptpt H@~2D>m;cyC\N=' :b4#w1'[v` 5 Little did they know the playful bet would prove fatal. There were three fatal shark attacks across Australia last year, including two in New South Wales, according to a database compiled by the Taronga Conservation Society. Jet skis were also used in the frantic search for swimmer before human remains were found, It was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney in almost 60 years (pictured, rescue helicopters at the scene). Miss Hathaway's fiance and two other friends were treated at the Mater Misericordia Hospital for shock. Witnesses has recalled the horrifying moment the swimmer was mauled by a great white shark, Emergency services launched a search for the swimmer and found human remains shortly afterwards, Shark attacks can occur at any time of year in Australia but are more common during the summer months from November to April when millions of people flock to the beaches during the warmer weather (file picture). You should be more scared of getting in your car.' The 32-year-old told her fiance: "I am not in pain. It's understood the victim was a local who knew the beach well and often swam out towards the headland. 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