On the morning of the 22nd instant, a curious shooting-accident occurred in Tai-Koktsui, Bay,, Kowloon. On a fishing boat Jying there &, woman was engaged in bauling down a fishing net from the mast-head when she was suddenly struck by a bulletin the thigh. The missile passed through her Jeg, coming out at the side of the knee and then embedded itself about half an inch in the hatch cover. The bullet was of the type used by the new magazine rifle, and it is surmised that it was a stray one from the Rifle Ranges, butit isimpossibleto find outby whom fired, as there were squads of men from the Rifle Brigade, the Royal Engineers, Submarine Miners, and bluejackets all firing that morning. The woman was conveyed to the Government Civil Hospital.
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