FIGHT WITH A PUMA
BRAVE CHILDREN REWARDED
LONDON, December 29.
The Albert Med&l has been awarded to Doroen Ashburnham, aged 11, and Anthony Farrer, aged 8, residing at Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island. The children left their homes for the purpose of catching ponies. Suddenly a 7ft puma attacked them. The puma sprang and knocked down the girl, but the boy attacked the beast, which was on the girl's back, with his fists and a riding bridle. The beast turned upon the boy. Doreen, jumping to her feet, fought the'beast with her clenched hands, actually putting an arm into tha puma's mouth to . prevent it biting Anthony. Thus she got the creature off. Standing on his hindquarters, the puma fought her until it became frightened by a sudden noise, and slunk off. The children, badly injured, reached home. The pumi was killed later.
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Evening Star, Issue 16625, 7 January 1918, Page 6
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