TRAMPLED BY BULL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WArPTrKTIRATJ, 12th Nov.
At the conclusion of the weekly stock Bale this afternoon, William Porter, a drover, of Waipukurau, got a Polled Aagus bull into a railway truck from the trucking pen, and was in the act of fastening the door when the bull charged. '■■■....
It burst open the door, knocking Porter into the pen, and trampling on him unmercifully.
Bombardier Caulton, of the artillery, who was unloading horses at the time, jumped into the pen and pulled Porter aside, while others held the bull at bay.
Porter, sustained severe bruises and shock, and injuries to the head.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 7
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104TRAMPLED BY BULL Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 7
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