SHOT BY A SENTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 7

SHOT BY A SENTRY.

CHALLENGE DISREGARDED.

SEAMAN WOUNDED.

(Received October 26. 2 a.m.)

Melbourne, October 26.

Arthur Brown, when returning to his ship, lying alongside a warship at Williamstown, disregarded a sentry's challenge. The latter fired, and Brown received three wounds. He was sent to the hospital, where he lies in a critical condition.

DESTROYERS IN A GALE.

TEST OF SEAMANSHIP.

The torpedo flotilla based on Harwich had a very rough time during a recent 48 hours' gale, and the men emphaticallv declare that they never again want a similar experience. They had been buffeted about for 24 hours with no hot food and hatches battened down. The sailors stood at their posts lashed to the rail*. One destroyer reported that she had two men with broken limbs, and that i surgeon rendering first aid was nearly carried overboard. He managed to grip the rail as his body struck the Wafer, and his fingers had been cut to the bone by the time he was rescued.

Other reports are that the seas rose as high as houses, and sometimes vessels had their stems out of water and their propellers racing madly. Then, as the boats wallowed in the trough, the waves searched every crevice. Everything was floating around, and considerable art was required to dodge the furniture. Notwithstanding the gale, the ships rode out the weather none the worse, and exhibited • unprecedented seaworthiness.

SAD HOSPITAL SCENE.

A MOTHER'S GRIEF.

A nurse at Bordeaux tells a tale of poignant, misery. A mother visited her son, who, comfortably tucked in bed with his head wrapped in bandages, was smiling and uncomplaining. The mother suggested a walk in the garden, but her son begged to be excused, as h.j was a trifle fatigued. Perhaps he said, he would be able to accompany her the next day.

The mother renewed the invitation on the following day, and when her son declined she became suspicious. "Bend near, mother dear," the boy said, "I'll tell you why I cannot go with you. My two legs and my left arm are gone."

The shock on learning of the cruel injuries to her beloved boy was so great that the mother rushed from the ward, a demented creature, crying out in her misery