A TROUBLESOME BULLOCK.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 772, 17 December 1886, Page 24

A TROUBLESOME BULLOCK.

(UNITEB PRESS ASSOCIATION'.) Gisborne, December 13. Shortly after 7 to-night great excitement was caused by a bullock rushing up the town charging everything and everybody that attempted to stay its progress. It was followed by a large number of people, and as the crowd increased so did the animal’s fury. One boy on horseback was charged, with the result that the horse was knocked over, but the rider was not injured. In the main street two children in the road were knocked over, and a woman named Craig, who rushed out to save the children, was tossed up in the air. Another woman named Armour rushed to Mrs Craig’s assistance, and was in turn tossed, but received no injury The children were considerably shaken, but not hurt. Mrs Craig’s are not yet ascertained, but are said to be i considerable. The beast’s mad progress was eventually stopped by a bullet from ®. S un > but it was not until the fifth shot that it_was despatched. The bullock had escaped from a number which had been shipped by the December 14.

The bullock which caused such terror last night also gored a horse to Buch an extent that it had to be destroyed. The rider of the horse was the means of diverting the attention of the infuriated beast from the two women and child who were tossed, and who at this time were lying helpless on the road. Had it not been for this, loss of life must have occurred. No one was hurt, although the shock to Mrs Craig may result seriously. The Borough Council are suing the owner for allowing the animal to wander at large.