SHOT WHILE PLAYING WITH RIFLE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CARTERTON, This Day. Three college lads, Hector Cameron, John Roberts, and Douglas Sutherland, who are cousins, were playing with a rifle at the Ngaipu Station, Hinakura, yesterday afternoon. Cameron, aged 15, was handling the weapon when it exploded. The bullet passed right through his stomach. The lad was taken to a private hospital in Mcrtinborough, a distance of iO miles. His injuries, though serious, are not considered dangerous. The injured lad is a son o£ Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron, of Moeraki Station, Hinakura,
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 10
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