FOOTLIGHT MISHAP.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 185, 8 August 1927, Page 9

FOOTLIGHT MISHAP.

HJUfXS FIRED AT ACT^oSS

EYE BURNFD BY CI S\'u\

Mil* Arline Vn*U rst\\\, the leading Wy of the Pobrrt. rir.ho.ts Bon Bon Ritim company now (.laving «f. the Htrand Theatre, wag injiuvd i»Ting three V>lank shots accidentally ilwd at her face, toward the end of Saturday night'* |>orfmmamr. K«d-bot gunpowder struck Mi««M Plttereon'n tiee just IwiichUi the left •y«, aftd some gun powder and grease paint entered thr ov. She hi'd painful kerni under the left eyelid and along the rim of the unrlerlid. while her left »lbow was al»o burned. She was attended by Dr. Tnweley, and yesterday her condition had improved. It is expected that ib« will be well onuugli to appear at thi« e»«ning> peiformance.

Utdmg on t-i ;he .»Ug«. of the theatre, 1»v * fli '' hf " ! ' wo '"" tl,reo steps. •»th* final net <»ft iio propiamme, which °oMiiti of impn*onntioin of well known ***** *'«r» by members of thp company ~MiM PatterMti wn« t>. appear n* Mary n««ord—she was nhout to walk dowij «S* »t#p* when tlie mishap occurred. Mr. ••org* Edwardx, another member of the «?»P»ny wan entering from the other "J"f »nd just before him appearance, •«•• blank shots had to be tired into "•air by a sfaffchand behind the eccnee. when the Aignnl f,, r the shots to be n«a w M gi Vl , n tl)l , RtaKP | l(in( j wag '»f towards Eilwavdn, and had the "•volver Pointed straight at the door at «• top of the atop*. At the very moment »»«n they weru fired, Miss Patterson «£>>fd the door. Thr first nf the shots ""•received point blank in the face, but wore the oth.-r tu,, were discharged, ""• Had shielded lirrsclf with her left

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