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Show I'Sf ' The first accident of the 1917 duck I season for Weber county occurred this fH 1 morning at about 10 o'clock when i I l Charles Swenson, 18 years of age, of I I I Harrisville, had his left cheek shot I I away by a charge from a 12-gauge 1 automatic shotgun., The accident hap- l pened in the Warren district as Swen- son and two companions, Edwin Dabb, jfl 1G, and Daniel Henderson, 18, were m il returning from a morning's hunt In U , i the sloughs. The injured man was im- H , ,i! mediately taken to a house near the M Ij Bcene of the accident and Dr. Emmett i'l A' was summoned from Ogden. First aid Jy i was given and the boy was then re- If.f I moved to the Deo hospital. His con- ii? 1 'dltion is reported as critical, both from 4 a loss of blood and the deep wound. It 'hw I, lias not been definitely established Jj whether any shot from the charge was jtjfi enbedded in the head. fcSrUli The shotgun was discharged while jtvj'ljjl resting in the front seat of a two-seat- tfjf n ed. rig in which the boys were ridltng. BrRl Henderson and Dabb were seated in m-fil ne fron Beat Swenson occupied JBlii'l the back seat. The muzzlo of the gun Mffl "vaa not over three feet from Swen-son's Swen-son's face. When it was discharged, MV tk sbot struck the left side of his face iyfi near the cheek bone, coursed across ImWt the cheek bone and lower part of the Wm temple, above the ear and through the I'll rm Q a" Tie ear was no" n" , I jured although the shot tore all of the a 11 flesh and skin from the part of tho fj JR head immediately above it. The loft eye "was not cut but the shot struck j' JI tho face within a traction of an inch of the eye. The fact that the charge ft , had not spread to any extent is rein re-in sponsible for the young man's face ? f I not being literally blown away. ! Tho boys had gone hunting and were u ' i vj returning in their wagon. It is said I j tbat a shell had inadvortantly been left . l i in the automatic gun which vas across ' i 1 1' the front seat. Tho boys in tho front 1 l .eat are reported to have been scuff-i scuff-i I ' tag and, either the trigger of the gun ' My pressed or the sholl was exploded H' ,' Vough the jolting. The report was 'j t mowed by a scream from Swenson jPl i f lbe two younS men in the front 'ill ' I turned to soo their companion JPj from tho seat, with blood cov- Deputy Sheriffs Charles Pincock and , j Richard Wootten left the city to in-gate in-gate the accldent and brought the. wounded young man to the hospital in their automobile. It is not known whether young Swenson Swen-son will survive. It is thought probable prob-able that some of tho shot from the gun penetrated his head moro deeply than was supposed at first He was semi-conscious at a late hour this afternoon aft-ernoon and his condition was reported as just fair. |