ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
SHOOTING ACCIDENT. By Telegraph— Preßs Association. Auckland, Last Night. A serious accident occurred to Mr. It. W. Dentith, master of the Hora flora school, on SatuMay. He was out shooting rabbits when m picking up the gun at his side he discharged it, the charge passing through the top of the insbp and bursting out of the sole of the foot towards the toes. The charge severed the laces and blew the boot off his fojt. Mr. Dentith managed to get to Hie nearest settler's house, about half a mile away, unaided, whence he was con. veyed in a waggou to Cambridge, airl his injury attended to by the local doctors.
STRUCK DY A SUNG. Wellington, Last Night. Edward Payne, a stevedore, .v.is struck by a sling of salt while working on a vessel this afternoon. He had anymil ribs fractured, besides lesser injuries.
CUT BY A MOWING MACHINE. Wellington, Last Night. Herbert Atkin-on, aged 11 years, while playing at Miramar to-day. had one foot so cut by a mowing machine that amputation w'as neecsary.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 264, 15 December 1909, Page 2
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178ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 264, 15 December 1909, Page 2
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