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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11811, 21 December 1912, Page 4

FICHT WITH A-HON. THRILLING ADVENTURE AND NARROW ESCAPE. . - 'from a wide circle of fjpiepds' were sliowered on Captain P. K. Glt&ebrook, M.P. for South Manchester, on;:Tu&?day night, when tlie news spread inVthe House of Commons of his recent thrilling escape from a lion whilst shooting in the wilds of Somaliland. The story centres ronnd the lion's fight against the rifles of Captain Glazebrook and' his companion, Lieutenant George Wilbraham, son of Mr Hugh Wilbraham, of Delamere, and a fellow officer in the Cheshire Yeomanry. The honours ultimately rested with the and, as the firer of the first shot, Lieutenant Wilbraham was able to bring home the largest lion that has fallen to the gun of modern sportsman. But it was a near thing. In great, measure the "monarch of the forest"'brought his fate upon himself, for, atthif'ted bv the huntsmen's camp fires, tJie tioii .made a night attack upon a donkey. that had been used for baggage purr poses bv the travellers. Lieutenant Wilbraham'was in waiting in the zareba, and, seizing his heavy xifle, which was ly-ing-handy, he sent three shots into the beast. There was a terrible roar, followed by silence. Captain Glazebrook and his companion approached cautiously to where they believed the brute to be hiding. When five yards distant they halted, and the Somali attendants, from behind, the sportsmen, tried the effect of throwing stones at the lion, but it was too cunning. It still made no move. Thereupon Captain "Glazebrook, believing that it was dead, approached still nearer. The lion saw his opportunity, and leapt. The sportsmen, however, maintained an admirable nerve. Both emptied a rifle In'the angry beast, with the result that it rolled dead six inches from tho-foot of. the member for South Manchester. Lieutenant Wfbraham's shot pierced the heart,. ivhllst Captain Glazebrook's entered the mouth, and' passed through _ the head,' smashing the skidl into five, pieces. " The total length of the lion before skinning was JOft 6in, or an inch longer than tjie previous record lion. •( i •In accordance with the recognised rule amongst sportsmen, Lieutenant Wilbraham became the possessor .of .the skin, and, unfortunate}}-, from Captain Glazebrook's point of view, it was the only lion they were able to get a shot at during the expedition.

-'-"Arthur Britton, who disappeared from his home 10' years ago, was found-re-, eently living 'in a state of savagery in a cave in Pawling l'oughkeepsie, Xen* York. He n*as half naked, his face was covered with hair, and when approached he brandished a club and barked Jike a dog.

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