A STRANGE INCIDENT.
BIG GUN PREMATURELY FI'RED NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH. Br Telegraph.— A»»ocia!Son—Copyright. SmjißY, April 11, I'rtr. authorities arc inquiring into the premature firing of a 9.2 gun at tiid lifted*. While (he huge gun was automatically rising from the pit, it suddenly fired. Fortunately the muzzle wad clear of thu pit walla, or the shell would have blown everybody in the pit to fragments.
A gunner was severely cut by a flying sight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 5
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75A STRANGE INCIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 5
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