A lion severely mauled a girl of 14 who was performing in a menagerie at Montpellier, France. The girl was in a cage with a lion and two lionesses, when the lion attacked her from behind and tore her back with a blow. The girl cowed the beast with her whip, and was helped out of the cage fainting.
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 278, 4 July 1908, Page 7
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59Untitled Waipukurau Press, Issue 278, 4 July 1908, Page 7
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