CROCODILE CAUGHT.
THOUGHT TO HAVE TAKEN LITTLE GIRL.
A crocodile measuring more than 12ft 6in, believed to be the one tslat took Betty Doherty, several weeks ago, was captured at Ingham (Queensland) duripg the week-end of January 16 in a snare set for the purpose opposite the spot where the child was seized. On receipt of information that it had been caught trappers set ou,t from Halifax,' intending to take the monster alive, but it was so savagely aggressive that, feaiing.it would become loose during the violent attacks launched, at them, it was shot in the body, and was taken by rail to Beamerside and later to Halifax, where a large crowd viewed it,. and a collection was taken up to help the Doherty family. The monster will be opened up and the contents of the stomach examined.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 7
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138CROCODILE CAUGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 7
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