PIG HUNTING ACCIDENT.
MAN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. (by telegraph—press association. NAPIER, Oct. 27. I While out pig-hunting near Porangahau G. D. Patchett, a clerk in the Waipukurau post office, noticed a hare running towards him and proceeded to sight his pea-rifle. As the hare came so close Patchett changed his mind and, seizing the rifle by the barrel, struck at the animal. The trigger was cocked and the action caused the rifle to go off, the bullet lodging in Patchett’s abdomen
The sufferer was taken to hospital, and late to-night it was reported that, although seriously injured, he is progressing favourably.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 October 1924, Page 5
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