GORED BY BULL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21431, 4 September 1931, Page 10

GORED BY BULL

MAN TERRIBLY INJURED

PLUCKY RESCUE BY WIFE,

(Per United Press Association.)

HASTINGS, September _3. _ O. Avison, a farmer on the Tukituki settlement, Haumoana, near Hastings, was terribly injured by a Jersey bull which turned upon him and gored mm on his farm on Tuesday. Hie thighs were slashed about in a horrible way, and other parts of his body extensively mutilated.. It is believed # that no serious internal injuries were inflicted. Avison had hardly a shred of clothing left on hia body when his wife, who Very bravely attacked the bull with a hay fork, came to the rescue. • It is stated that the bull was ordinarily very docile, and had never previously given any suspicion that it was illtempered. Avison had been accustomed to leading it about, and on Tuesday was probably leading it through a paddock in the usual way. His cries attracted the attention of his wife, and after some time she drove the bull off, and with the assistance of neighbours took her husband into safety. He was not fit to be removed till yeteerday afternoon, when ne was taken to the Hastings Memorial Hospital and immediately operated upon. It is reported that the injuries are serious, but not critical. < Avison is suffering considerably from shock.