ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.
SAWMILL HAND KILLED. TAUMARUNUI, Oct, 27. A sawmilling band, Walter Edwin Beresfo'rd, 58 years .and married, residing at Waitiri, tripped over a log on a train bridge between Ngapuke and Wnitui some time on Saturday night and, falling off the bridge, was killed. DARCY HAD.FIELD'S MISHAP. AUCKLAND. Oct. 27. Darcy HadfieUT, the Sculler, sustained a fracture of the right forearm by collision with a motor-ear while cycling. SERIOUS "SHOOTING MISHAP
NAPIER, Oct. 27 "Whils out pig limiting near Porangahau, G. J>. Patcliett, a clerk in the Waipukurau post office, noticed a hare running towards him and proceeded to sight his pea. rifle. As the hare came so close, Patcliett changed his mind and seizing the rifle by the barrel struck at the animal. The trigger was cocked '• and the action caused the rifle to go off, the bullet lodging iu Patcliet’s abdonmelu The sufferer, was - taken to hospital. The extent of his injuries - is not known, j • .Later. 1 Patcliett is seriously injured but progressing favorably.—P. A. k ... ‘
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9847, 28 October 1924, Page 4
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