A SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
. j PAPATOETOE REsrDENT INJURED, i A shooting accident occurred at Papatoetoe yesterday. Thomas Blythe (33), a married man of the district, was out rabbit, shooting with a companion, and had shot a rabbit which got into a creek. As Mr. Blythe was endeavouring to retrieve the rabbit from the water a pea rifle which was being held |by his companion accidentally went off. l and the bullet struck Mr. Blythe, ! making a transverse wound in the chest, j I The injured man was brought to the j | Auckland hospital for treatment. I I , i
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 28 March 1921, Page 4
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97A SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 28 March 1921, Page 4
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