NARROW ESCAPE
BULLET THROUGH TRAIN WINDOW
By Telegraph—Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON, April 22
While a city- bound tramcar was pro. ceeding down Adelaide road- this evening, a missile, presumed to be a bullet, struck and pierced a window. The mis. sile struck the window of the rear saloon or control compartment, the only occupant or which war, the con ductor. If a shot was fired tihe discharge of the weapon was drowned by the noise of the moving tram.
The conductor heard the sharp crack of the impact with the glass and saw splinters fly. The hole corresponded approximately to that which would be made by a .22 calibre bullet or pellet. The opposite pane showed no sign of damage, but this window was partly open and it is presumed that the missile 'flew through the gap. Detectives searched the compartment when the tram reached the dispatch office, but nothing of assistance in the investigation was found.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1932, Page 5
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