ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
MISHAP WITH RIFLE. YOUNG MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 1. Robert Wera, aged 22 years, was admitted to hospital for a wound in tho back. It is stated that others youths were walking behind Wera toying with a rifle, when tho weapon unexpectedly exploded. There was an operation last night, and the patient’s condition is serious. FALL FROM ENGINE. (Per United Press Association.) TIMARU, August I. Alfred Boulton, aged 14 years, the son of Alfred Ernest Boulton, of Otaio, fell from an engine drawing a chaffcutter, the wheel of the galley passing over his right leg, rendering necessary an amputation above the knee. CYCLIST KILLED. 'Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. August 1. John Charles Pearson, aged 33, married, a labourer in the employ of the Ashburton Power Board, was killed this afternoon as the result of a motor cycle he vyaa riding getting out of control and crashing into a telegraph pole.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19240, 2 August 1924, Page 12
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