Show CARRIED OFF PREY FROM BOAT crocodile seized sleeping native boy and escaped mr G C irving having joined the telegraph department left San dakan by boat on aug 8 to commence his du ties on the rent s at S buga and a let ter has just been received from him detail ng an experience he had he and his party stopped at dunoy an until 1 a in on the ath they then started again and all was quiet until they were just nearing S buga at 5 15 a in when suddenly the boat gave a horrible lurch and there was a most awful scream mr irving was sleeping but awakened with the lurch and scream to find his boy who was named haji itam gone taken by an enormous crocodile the brute it seems first made a snap at the steersman s arms missed and jumped half into the boat and took the poor boy by the leg it reap feared for not more than half a sec see ond and gave the others no chance to shoot mr irving had a very narrow escape for he was lying within two feet of the boy british north bor neo herald |