LIONS AT LARGE.
A CIRCUS SENSATION. TOWNSPEOPLE IN A PANIC. United Press Association— By Electa* Telegraph — Copyright. (Received January 19, 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 19. While the lion tamer of a circus at Bateman's Bay was entering the cage, one of the animals tried to seize him. The door was 6wung open, and a lion and two lionesses escaped. The attendants secured one, but the others are still at large; The circus people, with, volunteers under police leadership, are hunting with guns. Three horses are reported to have been killed. The townspeople are in a state of panic. There wae only a small audience present at the circus, but all immediately fled, some taking refuge in trees and others on the roofs of houses. The latest report is that frequent shots have been heard in the direction of the hunt.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8832, 19 January 1907, Page 4
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