RIG CON PRACTICE.
PREMATURE FIRING: A NARROW ESCAPE. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright' (Received April 11, 10 a.m.) SYDN-EY, April 11. J The autliorities ai^ inquiring" into the premature .firing of a 9.2 gun at tlie Heads-. . While tlie huge gun was automatically .rising from the pit, it suddenly fired. Fortunately the muzzle was clear of the pit wulls, or the shell would' have' blown everybody m tlie pit to fragments. A gu^iner was severely cut by the flying; sight. :
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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80RIG CON PRACTICE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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