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THE TANTANOOLA TIGER.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA)
Date: Aug 31, 1894
Page Number: 6
Mounted-Constable Russell, one of the leaders of the tiger-hunting party, returned to Mount Gambier late on Saturday evening for supplies,
and left again for the tiger country on Sunday morning. The Border Watch, says: —
THE TANTANOOLA TIGER.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA)
Date: Sept 3, 1894
Page Number: 7
Referring to the search now being made for the Tantanoola tiger the South-Eastern Star of August 31 says:—
"In the coarse of their search the party came across the body of a sheep recently killed, and on removing its skin distinct marks of the fangs of some large animal were found, the sheep having evidently been gripped across the loins and carried some distance. It is surmised that its assailant must have been disturbed and dropped its prey, as the sheep was not otherwise torn or injured. The sheep was a large, strong, full-grown one, and the party after having examined the toothmarks in its flesh were fully convinced that the injuries could not have been inflicted by a dog or any other animal. Owing to the difficulty of communicating with the party no farther news came to hand last night, and we have not been informed as to whether the black tracker was able to pick up the trail of the 'tiger' where the sheep was found."
Launceston Examiner
Date: Sept 5, 1894
Page Number: 7
A large party, assisted by the mounted police of Mount Gambier and a black tracker, have been out for over a week seeking what is now known as "the Tantanoola tiger," but as yet have not been able to get a sight of it. It was last seen carrying off a live sheep, and the trail was followed for over a mile, and at one place it could be plainly seen where it had jumped over a 6ft wire fence with its victim.
THE TANTANOOLA TIGER.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA)
Date: Sept 7, 1894
Page Number: 6
On this subject the Border Watch of Wednesday has the following :—
"There is no news from the searchers for the tiger which givens any hope that they will soon find it. Constables Russell and Foote and the black-tracker have shifted their headquarters to Mr. Ehret's Carpenters' Rocks fishing station, and from there are searching the country in which the supposed tiger is reported to have been seen. Nothing further that could be called a trace of the animal, so far as known here, has yet been found.
"Mr. R.G. Watson, manager of Mount Schank station, on part of which run the tiger is said to roam, was at Mount Gambier on Monday afternoon, and brought with him the skin of a sheep which was found on Tuesday, 28th ult., "badly wounded" as the report had it, by "some large animal unknown in Australia generally." He pooh-poohs the idea of a tiger or any other large beast of prey in the south-east, and gives some good reasons for his incredulity. When the tiger was said to have been seen by Mr. W. Uphill Mr. Watson was in Melbourne, and when he returned and heard of the reports had a thorough search made in the locality by the station hands, and they could not discover any traces of a tiger or other animal of that description there.
"To settle the matter beyond doubt in his own mind he went further and had all the sheep mustered and put through the yards, and this operation failed to discover a sheep with a mark of any description on it that would give countenance to the belief that a predatory animal - dog or other - had molested them. He is not aware of having lost any more sheep lately than in years past from any cause."
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA)
Date: Sept 21, 1894
Page Number: 5
It is understood, says the Border Watch, that as the result of an interview between the authorities in Adelaide and Mr. John Livingston,
of Barrungul, Mounted-Constables Russell and Foote and the black-tracker Crammer will continue their search for the Tantanoola tiger
a few weeks longer.
"The tiger after a short vacation at the seaside where be was reported by a Beachport resident last week, and after a flying visit home as reported by our Tantanoola correspondent, put in an appearance at the Narrow Neck on Friday. The tricycle man (who ought to be lying low considering that the Government has an eye on him), while coming up in the morning reports that be saw an animal cross the line in front of him about half a mile ahead. So far his description of the beast is about as vague as a parliamentary report. Mr. John Watson, when down on Canunda last week, saw tracks corresponding to those of which a plaster east was taken and preserved in a Tantanoola museum, but further than this no one had a satisfactory interview with the tiger in this district.''
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"He reported that although the party had not yet been able to get a sight of the beast they found many things which the troopers and
tho blacktracker regard as evidences of his presence in the district surrounding the Duckhole. They have quietly perambulated for
12 hours daily an area of country eight miles in length by six or eight miles in breadth. Very rough a great deal of it is, and very
difficult to discover a shy animal in. They found a number of dry carcases of sheep in the tea-tree in such places as the sheep would
scarcely have gone to die, and where they may have bees carried when alive, and mutilated too in a manner which does not appear characteristic
of wild dogs.
"They found two small stringy-bark trees with the bark much scratched by some large animal, apparently cleaning
its claws in the manner in which a cat does so. The blacktracker also discovered what he considered old tracks of a tiger, such tracks
as are made by the Bengal tiger in the Zoo in Adelaide. The tracks were, however, too broken and indistinct to be taken a cast of.
These indications encourage them to continue the search. Arrangements were made for a party of 45 or 50 horsemen, collected from the
surrounding stations, to start on Tuesday to beat the country from where the beast was seen by Mr. W. Uphill to where it was seen
by the lad Smith. By that means it was thought the animal might be made to move from its place of concealment and show itself."
The Tantanoola correspondent of the Millicent Times, writing under date October 19, says:—
On Sunday evening, 30th ult, about
10 o'clock, one of our residents observed some strange animal near the council chambers. After a while it made off with some tiger-like
movements. As so much has been said about the tiger, my informant did not like at the time to give an account of what he had seen,
that on seeing again on the evening of the 11th inst. what he took to be the same animal, he called the attention of two other parties
to it. All three agree in their statements respecting the animal. As the residents referred to are reliable I think it would be for
the benefit of this community if our local constables could arrest the said animal under the Vagrant Act, as none of have any desire
to become its unlawful prey. The Times, writing on the subject, says :—
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW)
Date: Oct 1, 1894
Page Number: 2
It is reported that the Tantanoola tiger has been seen in the Coleraine district, having apparently crossed over from South Australia.
What it is suggested is the Tantanoola tiger has been seen near Horsham. A number of the ardent "sports" are in pursuit.
The Tantanoola tiger continues to attract attention. Last week a rabbit trapper thought he heard it. The local paper says that it will not be captured until the Government pass a bill to place a progressive tax on him.
Burra Records (S.A)
Date: Oct 31, 1894
Page Number: 3
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW)
Date: Oct 30, 1894
Page Number: 2
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA)
Date: Oct 24, 1894
Page Number: 5
A farmer named Wilds states, in connection with the reported appearance of the alleged Tantanoola tiger in this district, that he and his workmen saw a strange animal when passing through a paddock of Vectis, nine miles from Horsham, and that he believes the animal was a tiger. Mr. Wilks was not then aware that tue Tantanoola tigor had been reported as seen near Horsham.
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.)
Date: Nov 2, 1894
Page Number: 3
The farmers around Watchem are having a visit from the Tantanoola tiger. It is said that the animal has bean seen within a mile and a-half of the township in a large crop of wheat.
Camperdown Chronicles (Vic.)
Date: Nov 24, 1894
Page Number: 2
The Tantanoola tiger is in evidence again, and frightened the horse of a lady near Germantown, S.A.
Launceston Examiner (Tas.)
Date: Nov 23, 1894
Page Number: 1
"On Thursday last, owing to rumors again circulated in the Press, he was instructed to inquire into the alleged interview had with the animal by Mr. Alexander Mott, of Tantanoola. Mr. Mott denied having made statements of the nature attributed to him, although he admitted having seen something of an indefinite description at an indefinite distance, at an indefinite time, which might have heen a tiger or which, on the other hand, might not.
"M.C. Meischel's report, forwarded to the inspector this week, throws a considerable deal of cold water on the scare, and respectable residents will, there fore, need to fall back on the common or garden sort of snake lie in order to carry through the summer season."
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, N.S.W.)
Date: Nov 30, 1894
Page Number: 4
Another idol being shattered!
"Last week Mounted-constable Meischel, of Millicent, acting under instructions from the authorities,
proceeded to Tantanoola," says the Millicent Times, "to investigate the, tiger, and found that there was no animal tallying with newspaper
reports anywhere in the vicinity. He examined several witnesses, none of whose evidence was particularly in favor of its existence.
Tracking the Tiger
1894
Sept - Lake Bonney
Oct 1 - Coleraine, Vic.
Oct 24 - Millicent, S.A.
Oct 30 - Horsham,
Vic.
Nov 23 - Germantown, S.A.
Nov 24 - Watchem, Vic.
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Mounted-Constable Friedrich Gottfried Wilhelm Meischel was announced as clerk of the Local Court of Port MacDonnell on February 17,
1893.
YANKALILLA.
August 17.--
Mounted-Constable Meischel, who has been stationed here for the past five years, has been transferred
to Morphett Vale. He has proved himself to be a resourceful and competent officer.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, S.A.)
Date: Aug
18, 1903
Page Number: 6
Exactly which authority sent Mounted-constable Meischel is unclear as is how he related to the previous search party headed by Mounted-Constables Russell and Foote.
More information needed…
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1894
The Tantanoola Tiger
Germantown