Eagle Update

From: The Chatham Daily News, Aug. 7, 1934.

   On Dec. 19, 2018 I did a post recounting an incident in which a child was attacked by an eagle - see: "Eagle Attacks Child." Attached to the post were about 100 examples of news reports about alleged eagle attacks involving children, ranging from around 1825 to 1990. (Those of you who are wondering why such a bizarre subject received such intense scrutiny will have to examine the post.)
   One of the most sensational (and unbelievable) accounts is a Canadian one from Chatham, Ontario which occurred in 1924. Supposedly, 14-year-old 97 pound Fred Cunningham was lifted by an eagle from a golf course, but was quickly dropped. The story was widely reported and can be found in both The New York Times and The Manchester Guardian. 
   I recently discovered a source where one will find digitized copies of Ontario newspapers, including some from the Chatham area. A search of these papers yielded the example above. Although I did not find any accounts from the year in which the event allegedly occurred, I did find the example from 1934 which seems to verify that there was an eagle attack, but not the fact that a large boy was lifted into the air. (Those of you who are wondering how much an eagle can actually lift can find out by looking at Appendix 2: "Eagle Lifting Capacities" in my original post.)

Sources: 
  In the eagle post referred to above, the Chatham incident from 1924 is found on p. 35. Appendix 2 is on p.44.
  The archive of digitized Ontario newspapers is provided by the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor. For a list of the newspaper titles and the years that have been digitized see the INK-ODW Newspaper Collection.