Qld: Boy dies after box jellyfish sting

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: January 25, 2000 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

01-25-2000

Qld: Boy dies after box jellyfish sting

BRISBANE, Jan 25 AAP - A five-year-old boy has died after being stung by a deadly box
jellyfish near Cairns in far northern Queensland.

The boy, whose name was not released, was stung while wading in knee-deep water south
of Cairns on Sunday afternoon, the Courier-M...

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