A NARROW ESCAPE
BANK MANAGER AND. THE REVOLVER, By Telegraph—Press Association— NAPIER, last night. ’A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred at Hastings this morning. As Mr It. Milton, the newlyappointed manager of the Union Bank at Hastings, was lifting the Bank’s revolver from a drawer the weapon went off, the shot going through Mr Milton’s cap, and grazing his head, causing the flood to flow freely. Medical assistance was at once procured, when it was found that, although a small blood vessel had been severed, no serious injury had been sustained,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 534, 30 September 1902, Page 3
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