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Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
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Representative Timothy F. Townsend of Sussex County's Seventh district was severely gored by a bull on his farm near Frankford but rescued by his 12-year-old son Fred, who used a milk pail to scare the animal away. Townsend sustained an injured rib and contusions, receiving treatment in Lewes and limping about.
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Representative Timothy Townsend of Sussex,
Saved By His Twelve Year Old Son,
Representative Timothy F. Townsend, a member of the House from the Seventh district of Sussex County, and residing on large farms of his near Frankford, was attacked and severely gored by a bull on his cattle grounds. The Assemblyman was in a bad plight when his little son, Fred Townsend, 12 years old, seized a new milk pail, the only thing within his reach and dashed to his father's rescue. The milk pail proved more effective than a gun or a pitchfork, for the sun shone on it like a ball of fire and the dogged determination of the bull to kill its master immediately turned into terror and the animal ran from the enclosure. Mr. Townsend with an injured rib and several contusions went over to Lewes for special treatment. He is able to get about in a limping condition.
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Near Frankford, Sussex County
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injured rib and several contusions; received special treatment in lewes; able to get about limping
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Timothy F. Townsend was attacked and severely gored by a bull on his cattle grounds near Frankford. His 12-year-old son Fred seized a new milk pail and dashed to rescue him; the pail's reflection scared the bull into fleeing the enclosure.