FIGHT WITH HUGE EAGLE.

Shannon News, 7 September 1926, Page 4

FIGHT WITH HUGE EAGLE.

— : * _ THREE IN A TRAP GASHED BY BEAK AND CLA.WS. GOULBURN, (N.S.W.), Aug. 6. The story of a sensational struggle between a man and a giant eagle comes from Chatsbury, near £soulburn. Mr. H. Rankin, an employee on Mr. A. A. Carr's station at Chatsbury, had set a wire trap to catch crows and* eagles and when he approached the trap this morning he was astonished to see three huge eagles vailly endeavouring to release themselves. Seizing the first weapon that came t ohis hand he struck at the largest bird, but it was too quick for him. Making a ferocious jab with its beak and striking with its claws, the eagle inicted a nasty gash in his forearm. However, the man fought gamely-* until he had dispatched the three '"birds. Three eagles in one trap is an extraordinary capture. One of them measured over 7ft ocross the wing tips ,and was 3ft 2in in length. The others measured Gft 9in from tip to tin and Gft Sin respectively. The trap contained a large sheep specially killed for the purpose or attracting these kings of the air. v T.nst lambing season Mr. Can* found that manv of his lamto had mysteriouslv disapproved, and he attributed this to the depredations of eagles.