CASUALTIES.
(Per United Press Association.) ■'~■• AUOKLANfo, December 4.
A' young volunteer named Herbert E. Buckley, belonging to the Victoria, No. I Rifles, Auckland, was accidentally shot on Saturday at the Mount Eden rifle range by a comrade, who forgot he had left a cartridge in his rifle; The bullet entered Buckley's right thigh, passed through his left; hand, and entered his abdomen. Buckley was removed to the hospital, where he remains in the same condition as when admitted. '■■'. .;•..■"■
James Alexander, while giving a wirewalking exhibition at Devonport (Auckland) on Saturday night, met with an accident, falling about 20ft. His left elbow, was broken..
.The 'body of James Philip Hill, who was drowned the other day. was found in the Waikaia Eiver on Sunday. ,-.--■ A Dubbo telegram to a Sydney paper says: "Dante, the illusionist, was out shooting with Mr G. Taylor, his pianist. They were walking back to the buggy to return to Dubbo, when someone fired a shot, which accidentally hit Dante in the groin. He was dangerously wounded." Dante succumbed to his injuries a couple of days after the accident.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11598, 5 December 1899, Page 5
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