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Charles Fleagle Had Fingers Torn Off and Face Injured When His Gun Exploded Accidentally—Was Ad justing Game T..vs Chambersburg, Dec. 4.—With blood flowing from his face and with his fingers on his right hand badly mangled Charles Fleagle, a well-known citizen and trapper of Stenger, in Horse Val ley, had to make a trip from near his home to Upper Strasburg, a distance of about seven miles to receive sur gical attention. Mr. Fleagle had gone into the moun tain yesterday to inspect the traps he had set for foxes and other wild ani mals. One of them he found needed adjustment and while he was fixing the trap his gun suddenly exploded, the load tearing off three fingers of his right hand and making an ugly wound in his cheek.
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Harrisburg Star Independent
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 04, 1914
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