SEIZED BY CROCODILE
AN AUSTRALIAN DRAMA
PROSPECTOR'S ACCOUNT
(Received April 27, 10.40 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, is given by Mr. William Downey, a prospector, who has just reached Mount Isa from the Northern Territory. > While camped near the: Victoria River, Downey and his mate'saw'a crocodile in shallow water jvith _ a native in its jaws and an entire tribe endeavouring to lift it from the 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 save the victim Downey and- his mate fired several shots into the air, frightening the aborigines away, and thus giving the riflemen a chance to kill the crocodile. They then released the black, who was terribly injured.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 9
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148SEIZED BY CROCODILE Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 9
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