KILLED BY A LION.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1925, Page 4

KILLED BY A LION.

NFAY ZEALANDER’S FATE. [by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND. December I I. Details of tlie dentil of Air \\. IL Twigg. of Auckland, who was fatally wounded in an encounter with a lion in Northern Rhodesia, in October, have been received. Mr *1 wigg was accompanied by Mi's 1 wigg and by Mr Jack Holmes, of Erankton. They arrived in Northern Rhodesia, ssvr.e time before the fatal occurrence. Airs Twigg remained there while her husband and his I'rieml went off to the. north-east on a shooting expedition. The news was reeoived subsequently that Air Twigg had been killed in the vicinity of Lake Rnngwoolo.

I Captain AYardropcr, of the Xorthoni Bhodesin Polloo. who had been ill the north-easi with the Governor of Northern lUiodesia. Sir Herbert Stanley, at the time of the tragic oeettrrenee, pave an amount of the affair to the Livingstone Mail.” About Oetober 20th. news was heard of lions, and Twig" went after them. With some natives, he came upon three, and he wounded two. Failing to come up with the lions again that day, he returned to camp, and he started off next morning. He found the spoor, and traces of blood, and finally one of the wounded lions. At a distance of fifteen yards he fired, but either he missed or did little damage. The lion .sprang at Twigg. He dropped Ids rifle and tried to climb np a tree, but the lion caught him by the thigh, and severely mauled him, finally pulling him down, and throwing him over on an ant heap. A little later. Mr Twigg waved his arm as a signal to the natives that lie was alive. Unfortunately, the lion saw this, and attacked him again. Then a native took Ttvigg's rifle, and killed the lion. B tinners were despatched to Mpikn. and meanwhile Twigg was conveyed there. The Governor arrived shortly afterwards, and appreciating the gravity of the case, he had his car fitted up as an ambulance to tnke the patient into Kasama, but that morning Twigg succumbed to blood poisoning. His funeral was attended by the Governor, who read the burial service and by Ladv Stanley.