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PEA RIFLE ACCIDENT
SETTLER’S LONG RIDE TO DOCTOR. (For Press Association.) Hokitika, Jan. 2-1. At Oknm yesterday a settler, J. Hevoldt, attempted to shoot a hawk with a pea-rifle. The charge failed to explode, and he then threw the rillo at the bird, killing it. The concussion against a tree caused the charge to explode. The bullet struck Bcveldt on the left wrist necessitating a two hundred 7'de to the nearest doctor.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11445, 26 January 1918, Page 5
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72PEA RIFLE ACCIDENT Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11445, 26 January 1918, Page 5
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