A Plucky Lad.
A boy about 11 years of n^e named Mervin Paul, of Auckland, met with a verj painful accident on Saturday niornin*while playing with a pistol. It appear.' that the lad and some other companions had been in the habit of manufacturing gunpowder for their toy pistols, and by some means young Paul obtained a small single-barrel pistol, which he loaded sometime af*o with ball. Forgetting that it contained a ball, he fir^u of? tho. pistol on Saturday morning with his left hand, thoughtlessly placing his right hand palm in front of the muzzle. The result was that when the charge exploded the ball was driven right through the palm of his hand, going out at tlie back. The little fellow, instead of running to the house and giving the alarm, promptly and pluckily ran off to the nearest doctor, and had the wound dressed before his widowed mother even heard of the accident. It is hoped that the hand will not sustain any permanent injury.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 September 1890, Page 3
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168A Plucky Lad. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 September 1890, Page 3
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