TERRIBLY INJURED
STRUGGLE WITH CROCODILE.
AN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL.
TRIBE FIGHTS TO SAVE HIM
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day.
An account of a struggle between a tribe of blacks and a crocodile, after the monster had seized a male aboriginal, was given by William Downey, a prospector, who reached Mount Isa from the Northern Territory.
While camped near Victoria River, Downey and his mate saw a crocodile in shallow water with a native in its jaws. The entire tribe was endeavouring to lift it from ahe water. One aboriginal, in trying to drive his spear into the crocodile, struck it a glancing blow and pinned the crocodile's victim through the thigh to the sand. Downey and his mate fired several shots into the air, frightening the aborigines away and giving the riflemen a chance to kill the crocodile. They released the black, who was terribly injured.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 166, 27 April 1935, Page 5
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