FORCED TO FIRE
Punt Captain’s Action MAN GRAVELY INJURED Sydney, December 1. ClUirfeS Evans, aged 28, was shot in file abdomen by the captain 0£ a HaWkesbttry River Vehicle puilt during a brawl on the vessel. Evans is at the point of death. He and five companions refused to pay fees on the punt) and after a wordy warfare a fierce fight commenced, the men attacking a deck hand, Who whs flung on the deck and kicked' find punched. The captain, seeing the deck hand being unmercifully battered, fired two shots Over the men’s heads. As this had no effect a third shot was fired, afid Evans fell. He was rushed to hospital bleeding profusely.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 58, 2 December 1930, Page 11
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