WOUNDED BY RIFLE.
RETURNED SOLDIER'S ILL-LUCK.
[HI TELEGIUrn.-PBESS ASSOCIATION]
WANGANTJI, Saturday. A serious accident occurred at Arm Ahu yesterday „ A returned soldier named Gordun Randall was using a rifle as a walk-ing-stick when it was accidentally discharged the bullet entering the 'young mans face below the jaw, and lodging at the ■ back of the eve. The accident rfccurrcd in rough country, and it took ten hours to get the wounded man to the riverside. He was brought to town in a launch and removed to the hospital in a very low condition. ' •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 4
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