TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE.
GORED BY A BULL. By Telegraph—Press Association. PAHIATUA, January 11. James Brown <77;, residing with nis, •on. G. H. Brown, in Paliiatua, had a • t«rril'ying experience. When driving a Jersey bull through * gate* the animal turned, and knock «d him down against a wire netting fence, where the victim was effectively pinned. . The bull commenced to gore Brown, who had the of mind to clutch the chain hanging to the animal's nose, jerking it fiercely at eaeli rush, thus deflecting the force of the blow. Brown filing tenaciously to the chain for : some minutes till his son ran to the scene and beat the animal off, though not before it had turned its attention to the newcomer. ' ■■ Brown senior suffered laceration of the arms and logs, as well as bruises :■ covering the whole body. s A horn passed through the palm of !• one hand and pierced a hole behind tbe I:,- car. ■
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 January 1927, Page 10
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