GIRL'S BRAVE ACT
RESCUE IN LION'S CAGE
FORMER RECTOR OF STiFFKEY MAULED
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 back, whereupon the lion attacked him. Mr. Davidson defended himself with " a stick until Miss Eenee Somer, a sixteen-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 i and women screamed and fainted. Miss [ Somer, having forced the lion into acorner, 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 back.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1937, Page 9
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156GIRL'S BRAVE ACT Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1937, Page 9
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