KILLED BY LION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 16 December 1925, Page 10

KILLED BY LION.

AUCKLANDER’S DEATH IN AFRICA. By Telegraph-—Press Association AUCKLAND, December 14. Details of the death of Mr W. R. Twigg, of Auckland, who was fatally wounded in an encounter with a lion in Northern Rhodesia, in October, have been received. Mr Twigg, accompanied by Mrs Twig" and Mr Jack Holmes, of Frankton, arrived at Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia), some time before the fatal occurrence. Mrs Twigg remained there, while her husband and his friend went off to the ncrth-east on a shooting expedition. News was received subsequently that Mr Twigg had been killed in the vicinity of Lake Rangweolo. Captain Wardroper, of the Northern Rhodesia Police, who had been in the North-East with the Governor of Nor- , them Rhodesia. (Sir Herbert Stanley), j at the time of the tragic occurrence, gave an account of the affair to the “Livingstone Mail.” About October 20 news was heard of ' lions, and Mr Twigg went after them with natives. He came upon three, and wounded two. Failing to come up with them again that day, lie returned to camp, and started off"next, morning. He found the spoor and traces of blood, and finally one of th e wounded lions. At a distance of about 15 yards, be fired, but either mimed °r did littlo damage. , 1 I The lion sprang at Mr Twigg, who I dropped his rifle and tried to climb a free, but fb e lion caught him by the ! thigh, ’and severely mauled hint, finally ! pulling him down', and throwing him I over an ant heap. A little later Mr Twigg waved his arm as a signal to the natives that he was alive. Unfortunately the li°n saw this, and attacked him again. ; Then a native took Mr Twigg’s rifle and killed the lion. j Runners were despatched to Mpika. . and meanwhile Mr Twigg was conveyed there. The Governor arrived shortly afterwards, and appreciating the gravity of the case had iiis car fitted up as an ambulance to take the patient into Kasama, but that morning Mr Twigg succumbed to blood poisoning. The funeral was attended by the Governor, who read tho burial service, and by Lady Stanley. I