RIFLE RANGE ACCIDENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 81, 1 May 1909, Page 2

RIFLE RANGE ACCIDENT

i.' EL'OHA'M MARKER INJURED. A serious nnd unfortunate accident happened on Thursday „t the Eltbam „ rule range. .Mr. fjcorg,. lh . mn ,„,(, tho j victim, rc|Kirls the Argus. One of the f bullets from the rille of a volunteer . who was shooting found its way throm-h the mound m front ~f \]„: targets ~ penetrated a sheet of corrugated fro,,) and struck the right hand of Mr. Ileavf en, who was marking. The lirst ihi"er t was >plinlcred, and it is hard to „ay yet t whether it can lie saved. Th,. second , linger was shot ,-jgi,| „|r, !lm | llv „ „| Mer I lingers have suffered His], wounds. I Captain (lark has reported the mat- . ter to headquarlers. ami there is sure , to be an inquiry made into the matter by I Ik- military aulliorii.ies. The trenches I weiv looked upon as particularly safe . and the accident was a most peculiar , one. The bullet, il would appear, penetrated the mound, struck a cross beam of scantling, then pierced the iron, and f was then deflected downwards, striking . .Mr. Heaven with its full length, uot , with tlie point.