The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-03-04 00:00:00

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FARMER GORED TO DEATH BY HIS BULL

O Thurs lay an lotion% was held at the Roval Oak
Inn. li.n.ors. before kfr. Thomas Rawlins. District
Ouroovr. the death of Mr. Fleury Wuribum, of
Ensbury Farm. Ylusqn. who was fatally gond by Ids an
bull on the previous Thursday, and died from the advote
of the injuries be sustalued out Tuesday alight.

Tbe Rea. Egerton Daniell, akar of Ktogoo, wag gloom
foreman of the jury.

Jacob Willa, a labourer. who wool. the employ of the
deceased, stated that on Um previous Thunder be left
Ensbury with the denuded and his son. rederick
Wareham, to drive • bull to the repository sali-rard as
Wimborne, hut they got lama Al thaford the bull
ran to•ards Poole, and they went ter it sad got into ate
thrnpike.road at tatkley. Whoa they got there the hull
rev through the beige and round by ClAley gates and
halt to the same snot They eta the bull an on centsr, and
then the &ceased and Mr. Chiral and Mr. Smith came
up. They stood at each rail to provost the bull going
sway from Wituborne, and he drove out the bull, whine
went through the hedge and attacked the deceased and
knocked him 1101•11 in the road. The bull went off •
little way and then attacked the dammed again ettA
borne, pawing aping the deceased. He dad not ob-mve
that the horns penetrsted the body. but the animal
trupon decreed with Ds head. The bull wu Mr.
aretnes own property, and was about two years old.
A ape was tied round the home and lust of the animal.
but thisi, maa no ring, and the rope at at had too much
play, end was no potential against any attack by the
hull. Mr. Smith and I. lit tett op demoted and found that
he was unable to stand, and they procured • horse and
trap end drove deeess to ha. home. Deceased could not
use his legs at all. The in I ran towards Causford, and
entered a gentleman's coaciseid and hi drove it out
again. It net s geotleman in the bad and knocked
bins down. and wee attacking hint again when ba bu,a, it
if Tb• bull ran away and he let it Into afield of Mr.
Pettey's, where It woo shot by Martin Tubb,

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Mr fiansuel John Sallth,landlord of ON Wili•tr. Arms,
Oakley, (Seaford, sod he went to the deceased's assis-
tance on Thursday. end saw the bull attack to. deceased
ad kopek him down. as described by the last
?hie bull attacked deceased the second Um*, and was
going at him Um third time when Use last witness
beat it off Declassed ems much injured and could not
stand. With assistance he lifted dammed into • cart and
drove him to ilusbury. The last wittier was very satire,
and did hie Inroad to protect the deceased.
Mrs. Lien Wareham. sister-In-law to the deceased, said
she attended the sufferer, and was with him when he died
at sight o'clock on Tuesday Mat. His was years of
age, he was a rattle dealer end botcher. if,
colts sensible up to his death, and described the attack
upon him by the ball.

The Coroom, in addressing the jury, said no difficulty or
erotica could rise se to the causa of death. DIOMIWICI
we. UN CMOS, Of the bull that hed caused his death, and
ho woo &mow to get the ritual to the repository sale
yard, at , Thursday. „ado,
Wienh-rue the bull endeavoured to paws on to Gained at
the Oakley Hallway Bridge and ran into a thicket When
Ur deceased and two men came up, the man who we.
assisting to drive the bull went into the thicket to drive
him out, aed the animal rushed through the hedre and
attached the decreed, knocking him down. Having
retreated • law urea the ball mad* anther charge at the
deceased when on the grcond. The ammal returned to
a tow smack. when V7,lba moat mire' ly rushed VI save
his master and drove off the infuriated beast, which ti
i me
went on n the direction of Omford, knrokiag down
another man in the villre. Pasting from thence into an
adjoining field, the boll we shortly &keyword. shoo.
Upon these facts it was not dlicult to arrive at the roe •
elusion that the OWN of death was both accidental and
by misfortune; but the sad ocenrreme offorded subject
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matter for serious comment am to how sock casualties
raid be avoided for the future. It was well-known that
on the days of cattle sales at %Wistarias it waa almost
ja,...itato for females. not to illy IZIM. to venture out
dories Ur tire that cattle were driven to or from the
repository sate. and It bed now become • serious oratorios%
as to what steps rook, be taken to prevent the merrier of
human life. It was well•known that in London cattle
could only be driven to the market or removed (ram it at
certain bore In towns having Local Government Boards
ekey had the power to make layeeler to regulate tbe It, ore
when cattle should per it or from it, town ; but in
whobororaunfortanetry, titer Wee no Local 04•01111110111%
Authority, and the Inhabitants were consequently vi lb.
out redress in those mat.ers. He would sagest two
remedies. one of which was adopted at all mdrultural
swim ofo. that of aaejoo arias with two chars attached
to the anliseal, sad the other that of having a bargee aux
of MS to °abduct the &almal to the aide yard. Ile 1.1.y.4
these wargestione in the letterer of the public for the
fetere, be felt it to to • most serious question, and coo
ellalsk ought to receive some cousideratton from th•
or. for those towns which were purvented from
bitirlatm upon the subject
Tile Jury returned • ~rdiciof" Accidental Death," mid
aeited the Meaner to communicate with the Home
Secretary as to the driving of bulls without „ow
poortioas hers take& by mare rimaad chalet mad
howled aullicleat drivera. The kir, reileadid the Oormaer to write to Kr. T. Error asking him for efaf Pelle
tscsion .1 the pow. to 044, Its *cedillas that all hulls
drtvirbirseldj=torr Yard to oak Nimbi have dais
mad io thew

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