RIFLE EXPLODES.
ARTttLERY MAN INJURED. When a .22 calibre rifle which he was examining accidentally exploded vestei day afternoon a member of the" Third Heavy Artillery Battery at DevoiiiH.ru i,n F f Bedford, aped 21. of Clonbiirn Road. Remucra .-.uiTered injuries to the groin. Mr. Bedford was alone in his parents' home when the accident occurred, but mana-ed to «vt }?-,?- lele P hon e and summon Dr. Garth Will ams, of Remuera. After treatment lie was taken to the Auckland H<.-j.ita3 m a Ht John ambulance. am l hi> condition tI, IS morning w as retried u, 1« n«»t serious. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 8
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