Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-01-12

The lucky hero of this adventure is
n district superintendent of police in
Berdr. Ho is well rmemberel in
Secunderlbad as Superintendent Of the
Cantpnment Police. A son of Col.
Hastings Fraser. one of the Frasers %
Lovatt, he has proved his possession of
nerve and courage. To quote the
graphic ace punt of correspondent, the
Escape was about rs narrow as man
ever had Mr.. Fraser was toll by his
orderly that wounded tiger wos lying
nppar ntly dead on the root of n tree.
/ he orderly having called him up, he
went to the spot. Mr. Fraser then
sent the orderly and another man with
his second gun back, and knelt down
to Look. just then the tiger roared,
nj came at him from about eighteen
feet off. He waited until the tiger was
within five feet of him and fired. AS
the tiger did Mt drop he fired his sec
ond shot hurricdlv. The first shot had
hit exactly in the center of the face,
bat just an inch too low. 1t knocked
the tigers right eve out and smi shed
all the teeth of that side of the .aw
The second sho! struck the tiger i'll the
chest. but too low.
What happened then Mr.. Erase,
does noS exactly know, but he next
found himself lying in front of the
tiger, one claw of the beasts right foot
being hooked in his lett leg, in this
way trying to draw Mr.. Fraser toward
himI the othsr paw was on his right
leg. Mr. Frascrs chin and coat were
covered with foam from the beasts
mcuth. He tried hard to draw himself
out of the tigers clutches. Fortunate
~ the beast was not able to see him,
as Mr.. Fraser was little to one side
of the animals b ind side, and the t.
gers lead was up. Suddenly, seeing
Mr.. Fraser's orderly boiling, he
jumped up and went for the man, and
catching him, killed him on the spot.
Mr.. Fraser Lad lost hat, rifle and all
bis cartridges, which had tumbled out
cf his pocket, He jumped up, how
cler. and ran to the man who had his
:econd gun, and to do so had t. go
within eight PAGES Of the spot where
the ger was crouching over his ord re-
ly. He heard, in fact, the crunching
Of the mans bones, and saw the tiger
biting the back of the head. He now
took the gun from his nan. The lat
ter said that he had flel both barrels
into the tiger-one when he was
crou hing over Mr.. Fraser, and the
other when he was over the PROSTATE
body of the orderly. The man had
fired well and true, but Just too far
back, in his anxiety not to hit the men
he would save instead of the tiger
When asteward asked if he was not
afraid to hit the Sahib, Il was very
much AFRAID indeed" he replied, "but
dill mazhut karke Gagava: ! nerved
myself for the occasion" The man
sad he had no NOR, cartridges left,
md so they both got little further
from the tiger, rs the orderly was evil
IDENTIFY done for Afterward they found
one NOR cart !ge for the gun and
tri d to recover the body, bat it was NJ
use. The tiger was lying close, most
OF the buflaloes had bolted, and tho
Kurkpos would 70: help. Mr.. Fraser
then sent six mics Off for an elephant.
But the animal did not arrive till dark,
s. Mr. Fraser went home in great grief
about tn p or orderly ard az having
TO leave the body. His own wound
was bleeding a great deal, it being q
deep claw cash. Next day they got
the body and the tiger dead, lying close
10 each Other. Perhaps no narrower
escape than Mr.. Fraser's has ever been
heard of To the excellent shot which
knocked the beasts eye out he I'M
loubtcdly owed his life. -Deccdn
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