ACCIDENT ON A RIFLE RANGE
A MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. (PBE3S A?SOCIATIOS TELEG—.Of.) WELLINGTON, April 5. While the Pc»i and Telegraph. Rilles were clara firing at Pol hill f'ullcy Range ye.«ierday afternoon, a, serious mi-sadventure occurred. A young man namTyl Riclwrd Pentoid, one of" the markers, stepped out of tho markers' shelter to readjusL the target, a« the marksmen retired from the 200 to the SCOyd.s range. He by wrae means, it is sa't-i, put up tbe signal to continue firing. Not noticing the man in front of the target, Sergeant Roadie took a shot. The bullet struck Tenfold on the shoulder blade, and p-.tfsing along his spine, emerged halfway down the back. He is now in a serious condition at the hospital.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11551, 6 April 1903, Page 6
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