BULL ATTACKS DROVER
1 ARTILLERYMAN RESCUES INJURED MAN STRUGGLE IN YARDING PEN Press Association WAIPUKTJRAU, Tuesday. At the conclusion of the weekly . stock sale this afternoon, Mr. William Porter, a drover, of Waipukurau, was ; engaged in loading a Polled Angus ' bull into a railway truck front the l trucking-pen. He had succeeded in j i getting the animal into the truck, and ' I was in the act of fastening the door, • • when the bull, infuriated at being confined, charged. i | The animal burst open the door. \ knocking Mr. Porter into the pen, and ' then trampled on him unmercifully. Bombardier Caulton, of the Artillery, ) who was unloading horses, at the ■ time, jumped into the pen and pulled . Mr. Porter aside, while others held ' the bull at hay. I Mr. Porter had a miraculous escape \ from death. He suffered severe bruises and shock, aud injuries to his
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 819, 13 November 1929, Page 16
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145BULL ATTACKS DROVER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 819, 13 November 1929, Page 16
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