High School Girl Gripped by Lioness
[Per Press Association, Copyright .j DANNEVIRKE, This Day. Ruth Russell, a High School girl, daughter of Mrs H. T. Russell, of Dannevirke, had an unenviable experience yesterday afternoon when visiting the local showgrounds, where the animals of a travelling circus are wintering. Along with some companions she went to a shed in which wt-rc the lions and lionesses in their cages. While standing near a cage with her back half turned to it, a lioness shot out its right paw, and drew her towards the cage. A companion of the girl was trying to pull her away, when Mr G. A. Dunlop. relieving inspector at the municipal abattoirs, on hearing screams, rushed up. He found the lioness with its right paw round the girl’s hips, trying to draw her into the cage. Fortunately the beast was imable to get its left paw under the bar of the cage, otherwise the girl’s plight would have been very serious. Mr Dunlop, with an overcoat over an arm. sufficiently startled Hie animal to make it release its grip on the girl and she was pulled to safely. The girl's right arm was badly lacerated, necessitating several stitches, but beyond this she was not hurt. Those wljo witnessed the incident, however, consider that she is lucky to have got off so lightly.
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Northern Advocate, 25 July 1938, Page 6
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