BIG GUN ACCIDENT.
MAN INJURED AT FORT BASTION. During the big gun practice of the No. 1 and No. 7 companies of the Auckland Garrison Artillery Division on Saturday at Fort Bastion, an accident occurred, and as a result Corporal Victor Hugh ToAvnsend, aged 36, a married man, living at Abbotsford Terrace, Devonport, is- uoav lying at the Auckland Hospital.
Only about All rounds had been fired, when the pin blew out,'and Corporal ToAvnsend ivas injured under the armpits and about the part "of the body. The accident happened at about a quarter past four. The corporal's injuries, though painful, are not serious.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4015, 15 June 1920, Page 2
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