COW BREAKS LOOSE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 20

COW BREAKS LOOSE

MUCH CONSTERNATION

TWO PEOPLE INJURED

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

HASTINGS, This Day

An enraged cow which broke away from a mob at Longlands, near Hastings, yesterday morning held up a train and injured two people in .the course of a brief but eventful career.

The cow set off at a brisk pace down the road when efforts were being made to load her on to a siding. It became caught in a cattle stop and temporarily delayed a train before it could be removed. Hearing a commotion a man walked out on the road to investigate and was promptly pursued by the cow. A lively chase ensued for a few yards and the man sought safety by attempting to climb over a gate but he completed the manoeuvre with unexpected suddenness when he was struck from behind by the cow. He escaped serious injury.

The next victim was a schoolboy who was knocked from a bicycle. He had to receive treatment at the Memorial Hospital. The Hastings police received four telephone messages in quick succession, stating that a maddened beast was at large. With the assistance of a number of hands the animal was eventually bailed up and returned to the mob which she had left.