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Jellyfish sting Briton dies

... Jellyfish sting Briton dies A BRITISH tourist has become the first person in the world to die from the sting of the peanut-sized Irukandji jellyfish. British consular officials identified the victim as Richard Graham Jordan, 58, from Driffield, East Yorkshire ...

Published: Friday 01 February 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 225 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Man stung by jellyfish critical

... Man stung by jellyfish critical A BRITISH tourist was in a critical condition yesterday after being stung by a potentially deadly peanut-sized jellyfish off Australia’s northeast coast. The 58-year-old man brushed against the tiny, extremely poisonous ...

Published: Friday 01 February 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Jellyfish sting teen stable

... Jellyfish sting teen stable AN AUSTRALIAN teenager who swallowed a jar of water containing a deadly box jellyfish tentacle was in a stable condition yesterday. The 17-year-old life saver, who has not been named, did not realise what he had taken from ...

Published: Thursday 06 January 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Jellyfish shock for young paddier

... Jellyfish shock for young paddier WATCH out jellyfish about! Bt Two-year-old Aaron o’Keefe received a nasty shock while paddling in Scarborough’s North Bay. He said he'd been stung by “nettles in the water”, but when his leg started to swell up his ...

Published: Wednesday 27 June 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

| Brains of a jellyfish? I've got £2,400 more than a jellyfish after game show win |

... Brains of a jellyfish? I've got £2,400 more than a jellyfish after game show win | Mick ponders whether or not to do his Jasper Carrot impersonation on The Weakest Link. MICK Gardener’s friends in Morecambe may think he has the brains of a jellyfish, but in ...

Published: Wednesday 20 November 2002
Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 172 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Tiny terror jellyfish puts man in coma

... Tiny terror jellyfish puts man in coma A BRITISH tourist was in a critical condition today after being stung by a potentially deadly peanutsized jellyfish off Australia’s northeast coast. The 58-year-old man brushed against the tiny, extremely poisonous ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Coast survey finds a rare jellyfish species

... Coast survey finds a rare jellyfish species A RARE species of jellyfish that m not been seen in the region for over 100 years has been spotted by a group of volunteers who have been studying the north east coast. Dr Rachel Welch, a Newcastle University ...

Published: Thursday 24 February 2000
Newspaper: Blyth News Post Leader
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 417 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Lifesaver critical after swallowing tentacle A TEENAGER was fighting for his life yesterday after accidentally ..

... a deadly box jellyfish tentacle left in a jar of water in a surf club refrigerator. The 17-year-old lifesaver from the resort village of Mission Beach in northern Queensland, Australia, drank water from a glass jar containing box jellyfish tentacles on ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 2000
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MINUTE KILLER

... sting of the peanut-sized Irukandji jellyfish. Richard Graham Jordan, 58, from Driffield in Yorkshire, was travelling in Australia with his wife Jean. Mr Jordan brushed against the tiny yet extremely poisonous jellyfish while swimming near Hamiiton Island ...

Published: Saturday 02 February 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

B Australia Jelly sting Brit dies

... peanutsized Irukandji jellyfish. Consular officials the victim as Richard Graham Jordan, 58, from Driffield in Yorkshire, who was travelling in Australia with his wife Jean. Mr Jordan brushed against the tiny, poisonous jellyfish while swimming near Hamilton ...

Published: Friday 01 February 2002
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The power of ‘magic water’

... perfectly harmless jellyfish about the size of a saucer is called Aurelia aurita. This common jellyfish is transparent except for four bluish-violet, crescent-shaped reproductive organs around the mouth, which is extended in all jellyfish into four fleshy ...

Published: Saturday 08 September 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 759 | Page: 18 | Tags: none