TOSSED BY BULL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 23, 11 February 1937, Page 4

TOSSED BY BULL

■Own CorrespondentJ

Child on Farm

GIRL'S PLUCKY RESCUE

(By Telegraph—

whitianga, Lfist night. A two-year-old bpy, Douglas LiddeU# son of Mr. and Mrs. .0. P. Liddell, of Whitianga, was tossed by a Jersey buil on the property of Mr. C. B, Pye, Hot Water Beach, on Saturday morning, While suffering severe bruMes, thf bpy was fortunate to eseape severe or fatal injuries, The animal was running with a herd in a large house paddock and camf upon the child playing neafby. Tlie bull commenced to playfujly toss thf cfiild down a steep incline. The boy'is screams attracted the at* tention of a 15-year-old coualn, Mf tilda Fyfe, of Wellington, who is holiday making at the beach, The bnl], which had been showing ferpeious ten* deneies, had been carefully watched. Miss Fyfe remembered having heard that loud yplls would often distract an animal intent on attacking, With aopimendable courage she ran straight tf the reseue and her • terrific yello tracted tha bull and brought helpete to the scene, The boy was refccued in a dazed condition, showing signs of severe shock.