UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS
LONDON, March 22.
A message from Bucharest says, mad with hunger after pitiless snow storms, a pack of wolves entered the village of Pietrosin at nightfall and carried five small .children, whom thev -tori; ravenously to pieces, before their parents’ eyes. Responding to the frantic alarm raised by the horror-stricken mothers, the entire village turned out. armed with sticks, and chased the invaders. They found the pack reinforced by a large number of famished wolves. The animals turned on the villagers, who, without firearms, were compelled to fight for their lives. A fierce struggle lasted an hour. Only one wolf was killed, and six villagers were so badly torn by their fangs that they died on the - spot. Thirty-eight others were badlv bitten.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1922, Page 2
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126UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1922, Page 2
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