SEIZED BY CROCODILE
NORTHERN TERRITORY DRAMA [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.) (Rec. April 27, 11 a.m.) BRISBANE, April 27. An account of a stru'ggle between a tribe of blacks and a crocodile, after the monster had seized a male aboriginal, was given by William Downey, prospector, who reached Mount Isa, from Northern Territory.
While camped near the Victoria River, Domney and his mate saw a crocodile in shallow water with a native in its jaws. An entire tribe was 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 the sand. Downey and his mate fired several shots into the air frightening the aborigines away, giving the riflemen a chance to kill the crocodile. They released the black who was terribly injured.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1935, Page 7
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