SEVERE INJURY
MAN ATAOKED' BY A BULL.
OPOTIKI, ..November 14
A single man, Mr Keith Forbes, a sharemilker for Mr R. Walker, of Talijclands, Opotiki, was admitted to the hospital to-day with severe injury to the leg as the result of being gored bv a Jersey bull.
Mr Forbes was engaged on horseback in driving cows to a paddock after milking them when the bull attacked him, upsetting both rider and horse. Mr Forbes’ left leg ; was severely lacerated by one of tire -animal’s horns. The horse was so severely injured that it had to be destroyed. Medical aid was , summoned and Mr Forbes was removed to hospital. His condition is not serious.
The bull had always been considered to be quite safe.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1933, Page 3
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