BADLY INJURED

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1933, Page 4

BADLY INJURED

TWO MEN GORED BY A BULL. INCIDENT IN MARLBOROUGH. (Per Pre S s Association, Copyright) BLENHEIM, September 12. Through being gored by a bull today, two well-known settlers in Tunakino Valley, llai district, have been conveyed to Nelson and admitted to the hospital suffering from extensive wounds. The victims are Leri Neal and Don Wratt, and the accident occurred on Mr Neal’s property. The first accident happened when Neal was •attempting to shift the bull from a paddock near his residence, the animal attacking him and tossing him twelve feet in the air. His- side was badly lacerated, and a wound .was inflicted in one leg. Neal managed to get through a fence out of the enraged animal’s reach, and received medical assistance from the district nurse.

Some time afterwards several neighbours, including Wratt, endeavoured to remove the bull from the paddocic but the vicious animal charged Wratt, who was armed with a pitchfork. The fork handle broke and Wratt was left defenceless. He received an ugly wound in the chest and other wounds in his side. He also was taken to the hospital at Nelson. It is believed that Neal, owner of tile property on which, the accidents happened, is progressing satisfactorily, but that Wratt’s injuries are more serious,