A REMARKABLE STORY.
A well-known military member of the House of Commons is telling a remarkable story concerning the miraculous escape from death in South Africa of a very near relative. This gallant young officer was first of all shot, the bullet, which went within an inch of the vital part, massing clean through the body. So little was he inconvenienced by the mishap that he persisted in riding on horseback to the nearest hospital to get the wound dressed, and absolutely refused to take a place in the ambulance waggon, which was badly required fbr more urgent cases. On the road to the hospital this clumsy vehicle and its human burden toppled over into the river, and all were drowned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 February 1901, Page 4
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121A REMARKABLE STORY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 February 1901, Page 4
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