A TERIBLE ENCOUNTER.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3820, 2 June 1873, Page 3

A TERIBLE ENCOUNTER.

A dreadful accident occurred here on Wednesday evening last. A young man named Gustave Walker, one of the mailmen, while assisting in a stockyard to get a bullock into position for slaughter was charged by the animal and received severe injuries. The beast, having perhaps an instinctive, perception of his own impending fate, obstinately resisted, and bttffled every effort to force him to the destined spot. "Walker with the spirit and impulse of youth, urged him rai her boldly, upon which ihebullock, mad with rage, dashed fiercely athim, goring him very badly. Having knocked down the youth, and trampled on him, (he furious beas inflicted a deep wound in the inner part ofhis right thigh, and drove a horn from the right arm-pit clean through the shoulder, tearing open about 4in of the flesh, and leaving a frightful wound that exposes the tendons of the arm. The infuriated beast did not or could not witdraw his horn, and now carried the poor fellow, hooked on to it, about the yard. "Walker, with great preseece of mind, tried to rescue himself from so terrible a position by clutching the fence ; but the bullock, without an effort, tore him from it, and dashed him to the ground. There were but few present, and as the attack was as sudden as it was fierce, no immediate assistance cnuld be afforded. Walker is a fine, vigorous young fellow — a native. He displayed extroardinary coolness during the attack, and bears his injuries with remarkable firmness and buoyancy.