THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE.
—; <* : CHILD SHOT IN THE HEAD. BY T£LCGRAI'H.--OWX CORRESPONDJSXT.] Saies, Tuesday. A CHy.n named Thomas Coulter, aged j four years, was the victim of a, gun acci- j dent, at Tametame on Monday morning, j while playing in the house of a neigh- ! bom-, Mr. J. Gov.-. A pea rifle which j was being shown to the child by a girl accidentally exploded, the bullet striking him on the head, and passing through the scalp. The local doctor Icing absent, Dr. Forbes, of Mangonui, attended the sufferer, who was still unconscious at 9 a.m. to-day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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98THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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