PEA RIFLE ACCIDENT
BULLET IN YOUTH’S HEAD
(By Telegraph—Pei 1 Press Association
HAMILTON,' May 14
.John Adamson, 18 yearsj" was admitted to the Hospital here to-dfiy in- a seriori's condition with A bullet Wound in the head. He was out with a picnic par,ty, near Matamata, on Sunday, when a pearifle carried by a companion, William Kelly, discharged. The bullet entered Adamson’s head. It is„ reported that Kelly was placing the rifle on tlie ground when it accidentally discharged. The victim was employed .at Cambridge. His parents live at Onewhero, in Lower Waikato.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1929, Page 6
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93PEA RIFLE ACCIDENT Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1929, Page 6
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