WEEK-END ACCIDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 199, 23 August 1926, Page 10

WEEK-END ACCIDENTS.

YOUTH SHOT IN THE EYE

Through the accidental discharge of a gun, a youth, George Arthur Warron, of 32, Huntingtree Avenue, Mount Albert, sustained a painful wound to the left eye on Saturday afternoon. It is et present doubtful whether he will regain the use of his eve.

Warren left his home on Saturday i afternoon with the intention of going! : shooting. A cartridge apparently ' became jammed in the breech of the shot gun, and. while the unfortunate ' youth was looking down the barrel, the cartridge exploded and he received the charge at close range. i He was immediately conveyed to the j Auckland Hospital, where in X-ray examination was performed yesterday morning. He is to-day reported to be making satisfactory progressWoman's Foot Scalded. Severe scalds were sustained by Mrs. Florence Tallentire, cf College Hill, Ponsonby, through upsetting a can of boiling i water over her right foot while working i at. the tea kiosk at the Ellerslie Race-! course on Saturday. She was conveyed i to the Auckland Hospital by the St- John ambulance and her condition is reported to be satisfactoryFell Down Steps. Mr. Ernest Lowther, of 88, Grey Street, - aged 40 years, sustained injuries to his head and left eye through falling down a flight of steps on to the concrete at the bottom. His condition is not serious and to-day shows improvement.