ACCIDENTS.
(Pes United Pkkss Association-.) XAPIKI!, February 4. Mrs Clay. 78 years of age. resiilin.' ;il Milt mi teiTiico, was severely burned whilst engaged in washing clothes. H t .,. dress cwi-.gli', alight, ami before tlie flames I'Oiild bo suppressed she had been burnt severely aliout the neck and cbesl, rihe was removed to the hospital in a serious condition. LYTTEI/I'OW February 4. A man named Foster met- with a- peculiar accident this morning at (lovernor's Bay. Ho was shooting rabbits with a Vilie. One went into a hole, and !:<> tried to sinu,;e it out. The grass around caught fne. lie was beating out the (ire with the stuck of his rille, when the charge exploded and shot him in the. thigh! An operation was carried out, and the man «'»t lu the hospital.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14440, 5 February 1909, Page 5
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133ACCIDENTS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14440, 5 February 1909, Page 5
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