So dreadfully injured

On Monday se'nnight, while Mr. Dowle, jun. of Oxenham, Gloucestershire, an officer in the local militia, was out shooting, in passing through a hedge, with the but-end of his gun advanced before him, something caught the trigger, when the piece exploded, and the whole of the charge entered his breast, some of it passing through the back part of his shoulder. Although so dreadfully injured, he contrived to walk home, where surgical assistance was procured, and he underwent a very painful operation for the extraction of the shot. He lingered, however, in excruciating pain till Friday evening, when he expired.