MARKED FOR LIFE.
Ab Blenheim one night last week Mr Burton, a bandsman, ran against a barb wire fence. The barbs struck him in the face, and, as he fell heavily, tore a deep ngly gash, aud several smaller ones down one cheek, the eye, Inckily, just escaping injury. The unfortunate bandsman fainted several times after being picked up ; the wounds disfigured the face terribly.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 8990, 1 January 1895, Page 5
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