BULLET IN BODY.
HE COUGHED IT UP "LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE." KEEPING IT AS HEIRLOOM. (Special.—By Air Mail.) LONDON', October 9. After carrying a Turkish bullet in lib body, within half an inch of his heart for >> years. Mr. VV. Melloy. of Loudon has coughed it up. This amazing extrac tion was painless but Mr. Melloy con aiders he is the luckiot man alive.
"The bullet." he said, "came from a; i Turkish sniper in (jallipoli in duly, 1913.1 It entered my shoulder. An* X-ruv! -bowed it to iw within half an inch of; my heart, so close that it pulsated with' ) every lx-at. Then, a few days ago. Ii * .had a slight pain in the chest. After; an attack of coughing I felt something in iiiv mouth. It was a Turkish bullet! 1 j Vow 1 feel as fit «.s a fiddle. I am] keeping the bullet, a* an heirloom. !
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 259, 1 November 1937, Page 5
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