SCENES AT A BULL FIGHT.
9 INFURIATED BEAST GORES SPECTATORS. j A wild scene of carnage was "witnessed on May !) at tho bull-fight at Granada fSpnin). It began with a toreador named. Hucrfamito being caught_ by a bull and repeatedly tossed into tho air. Then tho ; animal turned its attention to a banderilloroj named Antolin, and Hung him against tho barriers, seriously injuring his head. Tho btill next charged a _ matador named Bocancgra and lacerated his arm. By this timo_ tho audience had 'become uncontrollable with excitement. Stones, bottles, and cushions were flung at the animal, and finally. tho people themselves swarmed into tha arena. The infuriated bull charged them, and many were thrown down and trampled on or gored. When tho theairo had been cleared a fire brolto out and destroyed the uppor gaUoriesk.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 9
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135SCENES AT A BULL FIGHT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 9
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