Young Hunter Survives Accidental Shooting
Thirteen-year-old Eric Waldorf recovers after a hunting mishap while crawling through a fence.
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Thirteen-year-old Eric Waldorf had a narrow escape last week when he shot himself in the arm with a shotgun. Eric was out hunting and in crawling through a fence the gun was accidentally discharged. The charge entered the arm below the elbow but did not inflict serious injury. Dr. F. M. Crosby was called to attend the boy who is again in school this week.
“The charge entered the arm below the elbow but did not inflict serious injury.”
Accidental discharges while hunting remain a common, harrowing local news staple in the rural Pacific Northwest. The story captures the era's ubiquity of youth gun culture and the immediate, practical response of the family doctor.
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