FATHER INJURED.
ACCIDENT WITH PEA RIFLE. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.35 a.m. .to-day. SYDNEY, Oct. 29. A remarkable accident of the * ‘ didn’t know it was loaded’’ variety occurred ,a,t Manly, when Victor Simons, while visiting friends, allowed bis. throe-year-old son to play "with a pea rifle without ascertaining if it was- loaded. The boy pulled the trigger and Simons staggered back, shot in the chest. He was taken to -the hospital', but ithe injury was not serious.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 October 1928, Page 5
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84FATHER INJURED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 October 1928, Page 5
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