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Show I ANOTHER SERIOUS I m ACCIDENT H Eldon Schmulz of Ilnrmony Receives ' Nine Shot in Side of Head I and Neck H , I WAS PARTICIPATING IN RABBIT HUNT H Dr. Macfarlanc Called and Re- H! ' ports Injuries as Serious but Not Fatal I Another serious shooting acci- H. dent has occurred during a rabbit H hunt, this time at Harmony, m Utah. The unfortunate recipi- H ent of nino shot at a range 6f about 75 yards, was Eldon H Schmutz, son of Bishop Gotleib H Schmutz, of Harmony. The shot H entered the side of his head and H neck, and buried themselves j next the bone. B The shooting occurred about I ' noon last Tuesday while the I people of Harmony were partici- Jf pating in a general rabbit B -f hunt. Eldon, who is about 16 H years of age, was not carrying a m- gun. and thoughtlessly followed H- along a wash some little dis-H dis-H ' tance out of sight of the hunt-Si hunt-Si ers. Just as a shot waB fired by ( one of the other boys on the V hunt at a rabbit, young H Schmutz's head made its appear-H appear-H ' ance in a direct line with the ?$? jgfS'rtn" w6s-'Btru(n?byiiltfd Wr vilSilir1 "rom t'ie 8un. as above kWlfe n0 unortunate was conveyed Ilj4' $l!ff''$ rtancu to his home at Harmony H3mI$ '&& -and r enz,es Macfarlane Bt-w'1 'jw ' was summoned to attend him.' Bjye,.''M; , . The doctor was seen Wednesday jjp y!'?$J$. morning and stated that he was HrA ' . not able to locate all the shot ,'I 4' $F''' witl10U': an unwarranted amount. 'r 4 ' 'i'" Pr0DmS or cutting, but H$fy 1" dressed the wounds, placing a '(,V r,A . small drainage tube in each, Bi'V and withjproper attention antici- "' f ; ? pates no serious results. lji , ''' Men and boys who engage in fct ' ,' t' rabbit hunts cannot be too care- BP "c u' 'n tne UBe -tne Buns, and B ""VW participants should make it a Hv' r rl point to avoid concealment as H V far as possible," for the danger ' t ; " to a hunter is eminently less K ;if when he is in plain view of K. ".,. other hunters. , A number of accidents have H." . occurred in this locality of recent H ,H;'- years during rabbit hunts. A - ''. s year ago H. E.Peterson of this H place lost an eye, at Summit a H young man received an ugly B " wound in the fleshy part of his B , arm, and at Parovvan and Para- B , gonah there has been a serious a$,, accident or two. At best there B ; is some element of danger at 7 these hunts, and unless the most B,. f . rigid precaution is taken the B danger is greatly increased. |