GORED BY BULL.
FARMER SERIOUSLY HURT. SPINE FRACTURED BY BLOW. 10-C.) UH.\.V(;AKEf. tbi- day. -j/i.'iji injuries were suffered by Mr. Hobert L?iirtf>n. -V>, -ingle, a farmer of Mstaponri, when he was gored by a btlil in the early hourr --.i ibie morning. Mr. I>nr:.>n *j> f-ut setting in the cows for the morning milking at about 4.30 ••'••i'.v-k. when he wa» attacked by a bu'l. The animal caiisii: Mr. Lennon in the back and fractured :iiMr. Lennon ha* lately the farm of Mr-. E. (ir*nt and live* in a cottage on the farm. Mr-*, '-ran: living in the home-lead. Xo on*> \v:tnc---e<i tJv* n>i'haj>. but Mrs. R. firant. who with her husband i* holidaying with Mr*. K. Grant, heard Afr. LennonV t-rie- and going out-ide the hr.me-s.ead •»■ him on the grround the bull over him. Difficultv w.T- t-xj>eritriced in moving the animal, pitchfork? and crowbars having to be n-ed to rescue Mr. Lennon. The St. -John Ambulance wa« called and Mr. Lennon was brought to the Whangarei Hospital where he wa* reported th;- afterno<»n lo be in a serious condition.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 12
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180GORED BY BULL. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 12
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