MAULED BY LION
Former Rector of Stiffkey RESCUED BY GIRL (Received July 29, 7.45 p.m.) London. July 29. A lion sprang at and severely mauled Mr. Harold Davidson, formerly rector of Stiffkey.- while he was speaking at Skegness Amusement Park from a cage containing a lion and a lioness. He tripped over the lioness while stepping buck, whereupon the lion attacked him. Mr. Davidson defended himself with a stick until Miss Renee Somer, the 16-year-old attendant, who was standing outside, courageously dashed in, held the snarling beast at bay with a whip and thrust an iron bar into its mouth. The 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 from shock and claw wounds to his shoulder and hack.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 11
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