ATTACKED BY SPIDER.
SYDNEY MAN CRITICALLY ILL. (United Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, January 12. While working in his garden, Samuel Roberts, aged 50, was bitten in the hand by a trapdoor spider which suddenly sprang at him. After Roberts had knocked tho spider from his hand it turned to make another attack, but he managed to kill it. Roberts soon became very ill and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 77, 13 January 1936, Page 5
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