MAULED BY LION.
ACCIDENT IN CAGE. SPECTATORS FAINT. LONDON, July 29. A lion sprang at and severely mauled Mr Harold Davidson, formerly rector of Stiffkey, while hi*.was speaking at the Skegness Amusement Park from a cage containing a lion and lioness. He tripped over the lioness while stepping back, whereupon the lion attacked him. Mr Davidson defended himself with a stick until Miss Renee Somer, 16-year-old attendant, -who was standing outside, courageously dashed in and held the snarling beast at bay with a whip and thrust an iron bar into liis mouth. Spectators stood horror-stricken and women screamed and fainted. Miss Somer, having forced the lion into a corner, dragged Mr Davidson to the front of the cage, enabling attendants to rescue him. She fainted immediately she left the cage. Mr Davidson was taken to hospital in a grave condition, owing to shock and claw wounds in his shoulder and. back.
Mr Harold Davidson achieved notoriety for spending a period in a barrel, displaying himself to the public in order to secure money following bis dismissal from Stiffkey and his unfrocking. His daughter followed her parent’s example.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 30 July 1937, Page 7
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187MAULED BY LION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 30 July 1937, Page 7
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