STRUCK BY STRAY BULLET.
BOYS WITH A PEA-RIFLE. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Gisborne, Sunday. , Whilst Mr. F. Hyde, of To Hapara, was riding along tho road behind the Taruheru Freezing Works, on Sunday last lie was struck in the right chest by a bullet. Ho managed to reach a house in , the locality, and on his brother being cent for the injured . man was taken to the hospital, where he arrived in a rather weak state owing to the loss of blood.- The-pellet has not yet been located and until a thorough examination can be made the extent of the injury cannot be ascertained. . In the meantime the patient is progressing as favourably,.as can be expected. Three youths were in a paddock about a chain from the road, which wag obscured by a gorsa hedge, and were shooting at a tin with a pea-rifle. They exhausted . their ammunition and knew nothing about-th*! accident until they were sent for.- ;•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 5
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