IN LION'S DEN
WHEN LIGHTS FAILED. TAMER'S MASTERY. SYDNEY, April 19. . An unrehearsed item was staged at St.. Leon's Circus in Lithgow. The lion tamer,,in the cage, was putting the three lionesses and , two tigers through their puces when the elecric light, supplied by the Lph" gow Council, suddenly failed. The auxiliary oarbide liglfe . .siiiiultiane-< ously fizzled .out—-and Daniel was truly in the lions' den. Various expedients were adopted to secure illumination, and when a fitful light was thrown ohi the cage by a couple of . acetylene jets, the tamer was standing icUlmly by. The ,_ animals remained at their posts—so d-eati wUs the influence bf their masflie headlights of' a car and motor lorry Were directed oh to "the scene, but as the-trainer announced that it would be dangerous to continue, the performance, the animals were returned to their cages.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 56, 4 May 1928, Page 6
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140IN LION'S DEN Stratford Evening Post, Issue 56, 4 May 1928, Page 6
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