SHOOTING ACCIDENT
YOUNG MAN INJURED LEFT IN MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY £ Per Presa Association. I AUCKLAND, March 26. A young man, Andrew Neill Henderson, aged 20, the third son of Mr A. 11. Henderson of Oxford, met with a serious gun accident at eight o’clock this morning while on a shooting expedition in mountainous country beyond Loes Valley. With a companion, Colin Bassett, Henderson left Oxford on Friday. This morning they were striking camp and while Bassett was putting out a fire he heard a shot and on going out found Henderson shot in the right shoulder, the rifle having been fired when he was picking it up. Bassett knew something of first-aid and he was able to leave his wounded companion fairly comfortable before going for assistance. It took four hours to reach a settler’s homestead and a party with Dr Burnett, left Oxford this afternoon for the scene of the accident which they expected to reach at 9 p.m. They will bring the woended man out to-morrow morning.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20106, 27 March 1928, Page 7
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