Terrible Fight With a Lion
A fearful affair is reported from Yerviers, in Belgium. On the night of the 27th November an untrained lion, appropriately called Brutus, on being led into a cage, which an attendant named Greiuier had not had time to leave showed signs of great excitement, taking prodigious leaps all about the cage and uttering appalling roars Seeing the man in danger the lion queen, a Madame Souinet, entered the cage to enable Gremier to withdraw, when the lion rushed at her and fastened his teeth in the lower part of her face. A professional tamer, August^ Bonviilant, went, to the rescue, and by main force opened the lion's jaws, thus enabling the unfortunate woman to totter out of the cage. A portion of her lower jaw. with some of her teeth han been hitten away. The savage beast turned his fury upon Bouvillant, and he and the lion actually wrestled together for two or thrue minutes, the lion -savagely biting the man alumt the chest ami shoulders. Finally one cf th« attendants by .tttackiug the lk»u with v pitchfork from outside the cage, madihim let go his hold, and ljoiivilluul rushed out of ilus cajre and fainted awuv. Mstflarue- SsiumetV life is <les-
paired of, but Bijnvillairt is expected to recover, .
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 93, 12 February 1887, Page 3
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215Terrible Fight With a Lion Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 93, 12 February 1887, Page 3
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