Terrible Tiger Fight.
' ——*■ A desperate encounter with a tiger, resulting in the death of Mr C. A. Pelham Rogers, Assissant Commissioner of Canada (India), is recorded in the Pioneer. Mr Rogers was out after a tiger at a place called Bomragarb, on April 22nd, and wounded the animal, hitting it in the forefoot. The next day Mr Rogers had an attack of fever and could not go out, but on the 24th he took up the pursuit, and bis men, having ascertained exactly where the tiger was lying, he boldly proceeded to wake it up. The tiger charged him suddenly but he managed to get in two shots, breaking one or b tb of the beast’s jaws. It seized him nevertheless, and a protracted struggle ensued ; the disabled tiger, with its jaw and one paw shattered, being deprived of its most formidable powers of mischief. Meanwhile Me Rogers' “ syce," who had accompanied his master with a spare 12bore gun and solid ballets, opened fire on the tiger and after ten or 12 shots succeeded in despatching r it. Unfortunately one of these hit the sportsman, inflicting a severe flesh wound in the thigh. When delivered from the tiger Mr Rogers was found to have sustained a terrible clawing, scarcely a part of bis body having escaped. He was almost scalped, and his right arm especially was badly torn. Nevertheless, he retained consciousness, and after a long and distressing journey of 120 miles was conveyed to Canada, where he„ died from exhaustion six days after the accident. Mr Rodgers had six years’ service in India.
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Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1903, Page 2
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264Terrible Tiger Fight. Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1903, Page 2
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