SHOTGUN ACCIDENT.
MAN LOSES TWO FINGERS.
A shooting accident occurred at Papakura yesterday, Mr. Henrv Whisker, a taxidriver, being injured. While getting through a fence his gun exploded and the charge struck his right hand. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate two fingers Mr Whisker resides at Mapau «oad, Creen Lane.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 4
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