A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING.
A YOUNG WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. [unites press association.] Wellington, July 25, An example of the evil result of the reckless use of firearms occurred last night to some women iv a house m Arthur-street, One was nursing a baby on her lap, which was playing with a revolver. A brother took it up, pointed it at a window, and snapped it off without result. A sister then had a try, aiming at the doorway, and shot' a Mrs Bowater, a young woman who wasentering. The bullet struck her on thejaw, inflicting a nasty wound, and she had* to be taken to the Hospital.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 182, 25 July 1893, Page 2
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106A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING. Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 182, 25 July 1893, Page 2
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