HANDS CHEWED BY LION

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1931, Page 8

HANDS CHEWED BY LION

BEAST ESCAPES FROM TRAP MISSIONARY’S TERRIBLE END. LIVED TO TELL THE STORY By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 p.m. Cape Town, Sept. 18. An American missionary, the Rev. Taylor, met with a terrible end near Livingstone. When he was going out to shoot a lion caught in a trap the lion broke loose, and the Rev. Taylor missed with three shots. The lion then attacked him. He fought gallantly, thrusting his hands down the animal s throat, but they were chewed off. The beast sat beside him for half an hour, and then ambled off. He died from loss of blood, after giving a full account of the fight;