THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE
NAPIER, Dec. 23
A lad named Harry Murrow,. aged 14, met with a serious accident yesterday. He was engaged in cleaning a pea -rifle, not knowing that it was loaded, and the cartridge, exploded, the bullet entering his stomach. He was removed to, a private hospital, but although- the! ;bullet has not yet been located, iie is not considered to be in immediate danger.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 24 December 1912, Page 5
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68THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 24 December 1912, Page 5
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