BULL TAKES CHARGE
HIKURANGI INCIDENT MAN TOSSED OVER FENCE Running wild in the main street of Hikuflangi, (North Auckland, a dehorned Jersey bull broke the verandah post of a house, bent an iron gate, and tossed a drover over a fence. The bull was being driven with a herd of cattle through Hikurangi when it broke away. It first jumped on to the verandah .of .a house, breaking a post. The animal then went through to the backyard of the house and in attempting to force .it from there the drover, Mr. W. J. Whiteman, was charged by the bull, which tossed him over a fence. Mr. Whiteman was fortunate in escaping with only bruises and lacerations. ■Leaving the yard the bull then .charged another drover on horseback, but the animal was finally securely paddocked. The' incident happened during the .afternoon, just when children were returning home from school, and both children and adults had to take shelter while the bull practically had charge of the town.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 4
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