A narrow escape was experienced yesterday afternoon by Mr. Ray Nelson, a member of the band at the Paramount Ballrooms. He, his wife and Mr. Robert Ma, were strolling down Bubbling Well Road and had just reached the Seymour Road intersection when a piece of shrapnel grazed the right side of his head, cutting him near the temple. The wound bled profusely, but last night he was at his usual place in the orchestra, dealing cut music to the merrymakers with a dressing against his head.
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