BITTEN BY A BULL-DOG.
STRANGE ENCOUNTER IN CITY STREET. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington., Last Night. While a young man was taking two bulldogs out for exercise in Upper Willis street thia morning they broke away, and one attacked a. man named Bryant, who was going to work. Bryant used his boots, fists and lunch-bag freely in his efforts to drive the dog off, but the man was forced gradually into the roadway and slipped in front of a tram-car, which fortunately was pulled up just in time. Meantime the dog continued to harass Bryant till another man came along and drove the animal away. After some trouble the dog was secured. Bryant was not seriously hurt, but was a good deal shaken by his strange encounter.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 271, 17 April 1914, Page 8
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