WARLIKE STAG INJURES A BOY.
While driving a pack horse not more than 300 yards from the homestead at Mahia Peninsula, a Finnish boy named Jack Matson, employed by Messrs Cook Bros., was attacked by a stag. The boy, never having seen a stag before, called out to his mate, and attempted to get behind a stump. The stag charged, and drove one of its tines between two of the boy’s ribs, piercing the lung. Seizing the animal’s antlers, the boy managed to hold it off until his mate came to his assistance with an axe. The stag then drew off about 12 feet, and Matson was helped on to a high log. The mate then went for assistance. The stag, failing to reach Matson again, waited , for the manager and the boy’s mate, and charged them, but was stopped by five or six shots. It then went into a small gully, and was killed. The victim was attended by a doctor from Wairoa, and his recoverv is doubtful.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1698, 14 April 1917, Page 4
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169WARLIKE STAG INJURES A BOY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1698, 14 April 1917, Page 4
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