Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)
1907 - Buck Dies to Save Doe - Desperately Charges a Locomotive Threatening Mate and Fawn.

Waterbury, Conn. - In a desperate effort to save his doe and fawn, a handsome buck deer charged full tilt the other day against an onrushing locomotive as it swept around a curve on the Naupatuck division near Campville. The doe and fawn were saved, but the gallant buck was instantly killed.

The three deer were in a cornfield when the approach of the train frightened them into a dash upon the track, which has a high fence on the far side. The buck cleared the fence at a bound, but it was too high for the fawn. Caught in the trap, it bleated piteously while the mother stood loyally at its side.

The buck leaped back to the track, lowered its antlers, and dashed victoriously against the locomotive. The engineer stopped his train in time to avoid the two remaining deer.

The Clinton Mirror
Clinton, Iowa
August 24, 1907

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