One 'of the troopers who acted as guard for the German prisoners brought to Auckland by the steamer Navua 6n Thursday morning had a very narrow escape from death. He was carrying a loaded rifle, when, in coming out of a doorway leading from the secondclass saloon, something caught the trigger, with the result that the rifle went off. The bullet just grazed the trooper 's face lifting the skin from his cheek
and spent itself on the iron upper deck. Beyond a slight bruise and shock tlie man suffered no injury.
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Grey River Argus, 17 October 1914, Page 1
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