LIFE OF ADVENTURE
DR. S. S. BROOMFIELD. REMINISCENCES RELATED. LONDON, August 19. Fifty-four years ago Dr. Sidney Spencer Broomfield, who is now 83, found gold in New Guinea. He hopes to return for more prospecting. Dr. Broomfield told the Daily Mail that he went ivory hunting in Africa in 1868, and soon came in conflict with Arabs who were raiding for ivory and slaves. He met one Arab caravan with 157 women and children slaves. He released the slaves and took the ivory. Sometimes he was forced to hang Arabs and natives. He shot four natives in Mashonaland and was arrested. He escaped, was rearrested, and finally was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He seized a horse while he was working on a road and escaped. As he galloped down a street in Salisbury, Rhodesia, he saw Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jamieson riding up. They drew aside to let him pass, and he heard Dr. Jamieson shout “Good luck!”
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 39, 12 September 1930, Page 7
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