GORED BY A COW.
; ' SERIOUS INJURIES. [BT TELEGRAPH.— , ASSOCIATION.) '.. '■ ' Wakapeaka, Tuesday. „ A serious accident, which might Mv»'.-*,:f : j had ' a fatal result, occurred on the Waka- :",. puaka*Nelson Road this afternoon.;.'War-.;; ren Stevens, a Maori, was taking a.cow % from Nelson, and it strayed over thabank;' ;, of the road. Stevens dismounted, '; and^v ' was driving the cow on to the road when . the animal turned ( on him, and: ; gored •> v him 'on the; right;. thigh, . inflicting. a targe \"■;':. | wounds It also attacked him on the calf ; of his leg, but this was protected by,leg*;; •■'■■'■', gings. While Stevens was prostrate ; the C; ■ cow. returned to the attack, but, Wrtu-s?j|j nately, . the' Rev. Tlewa- a native clergyman, was riding *c>ast-on his bicycle, «id ; . I heroically .;seized.,the brute by the • horns/, I and threw it on its back. Stevens is pro*',':;.,-.; grossing favourably. '- ' <£■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14284, 2 February 1910, Page 6
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137GORED BY A COW. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14284, 2 February 1910, Page 6
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