GUN ACCIDENT
Youth May Lose Leg
[Per Press Association] INVERCARGILL, May 21.
Keith Robertson, aged 19, a medical student, of Dunedin, suffered serious injuries in a shooting accident at Riversdale on Tuesday. Robertson was a member of a party which was hare shooting. With another, John Young, school teacher, of Christchurch, Robertson was crossing a disused bridge across a creek, when Young slipped on the frozen boards. The gun he was carrying a’ccidently discharged. Robertson was standing a few feet in front of Young, and he received the full charge in his left knee. Robertson’s condition to-day was reported to be satisfactory, Out it is possible that his leg will have to be amputated.
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Grey River Argus, 22 May 1941, Page 12
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114GUN ACCIDENT Grey River Argus, 22 May 1941, Page 12
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