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One Eyed Tiger and a Fakir Cause Blood Run riot
In 1867 a European expedition in India aimed to capture wild animals for zoos. Robbins, an English ex-soldier, clashes with a one-eyed man-eating tiger and a sham fakir whose curse triggers a deadly panic at a Benares depot. The tiger, fakir, and several natives perish as chaos erupts across cages and flames.
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Charles B. Lewis
Oriental Zoological Company
London
Bombay
Calcutta
Peking
Singapore
Hagenbeck
Robbins
Africa
Cape Horn
India
Benares
Ganges
Bennares
Fakir Iz
Pod
One Eyed Tiger
Tyree
Fakir
Bath
Lairvays
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