PECULIAR SHOOTING AFFAIR.
ALIVE WITH BULLET IN HEAD,
A peculiar shooting affair lias been reported from Now Norcia (West Australia). Thomas Graham (19). with a mate named Johnston, last week went to Mogumber to do somo clearing. Johnston reported to Mr. Lannigan, a farmer at New Norcia that while kangaroo hunting ho had accidentally shot Graham. A search party failed to find Graham till next day, when ho was discovered alive with a bullet wound in tho head. Ho was taken to Now Norcia Convent, where, in the absence of a doctor, the monks attended him, his condition being serious. Graham had a pea-rifle, but tho bullet wound had apparently been made by a revolver. •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14701, 19 June 1911, Page 8
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115PECULIAR SHOOTING AFFAIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14701, 19 June 1911, Page 8
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