Girl 9, shot accidentally by sister, 12. A .22 caliber rifle was discharged accidentally Sunday morning, wounding critically a 9-year-old girl. Wanda Fay Driver, daughter of James E. Driver was shot in the back when the rifle discharged while in the hands of her sister, Mary Elizabeth Driver, 12. She was taken to city-County Hospital, where she underwent an operation. The shooting occurred a few minutes after the sisters had been called into the house by their father to clean up the residence. They had been playing with bows and arrows with neighborhood children. The father left the house a few minutes after he called the girls inside. Mary Elizabeth picked up the rifle to ut it in its usual place for safekeeping. The girls had loaded it Saturday night when they thought they heard prowlers. The father was away at that time on a household chore. The report of the rifle attracted Mrs. Will Poston, owner of the apartment, who aided the girl until an ambulance arrived. Mother of the girls, Mrs. Bertie Elizabeth Driver, makes her home in Canton. At the hospital, Wanda Faye explained she and her sister were laughing and talking as they cleaned house. She had her back to her sister when the gun discharged. Wanda Faye said she and her sister had forgot about loading the gun. Photograph of Wanda Faye Driver, 9, injured by gunshot laying in a hospital bed with tubes in her nose. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning Edition April 29, 1946.
Item: Wanda Faye Driver
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-386
Identifier: 20025455
Title: Wanda Faye Driver
Description: Girl 9, shot accidentally by sister, 12. A .22 caliber rifle was discharged accidentally Sunday morning, wounding critically a 9-year-old girl. Wanda Fay Driver, daughter of James E. Driver was shot in the back when the rifle discharged while in the hands of her sister, Mary Elizabeth Driver, 12. She was taken to city-County Hospital, where she underwent an operation. The shooting occurred a few minutes after the sisters had been called into the house by their father to clean up the residence. They had been playing with bows and arrows with neighborhood children. The father left the house a few minutes after he called the girls inside. Mary Elizabeth picked up the rifle to ut it in its usual place for safekeeping. The girls had loaded it Saturday night when they thought they heard prowlers. The father was away at that time on a household chore. The report of the rifle attracted Mrs. Will Poston, owner of the apartment, who aided the girl until an ambulance arrived. Mother of the girls, Mrs. Bertie Elizabeth Driver, makes her home in Canton. At the hospital, Wanda Faye explained she and her sister were laughing and talking as they cleaned house. She had her back to her sister when the gun discharged. Wanda Faye said she and her sister had forgot about loading the gun. Photograph of Wanda Faye Driver, 9, injured by gunshot laying in a hospital bed with tubes in her nose. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning Edition April 29, 1946.
Date Created: 1946-04-28
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Driver, Wanda Faye, Driver, James E., Driver, Mary Elizabeth, Driver, Bertie Elizabeth (Mrs.), Poston, Will (Mrs.), Sick persons, Hospitals, Beds, Surgery, Rifles, Accidents
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address:
Geographc Coordinates: Latitude: 32.727045000000
Longitude: -97.327967000000
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Wanda Faye Driver
Description: Girl 9, shot accidentally by sister, 12. A .22 caliber rifle was discharged accidentally Sunday morning, wounding critically a 9-year-old girl. Wanda Fay Driver, daughter of James E. Driver was shot in the back when the rifle discharged while in the hands of her sister, Mary Elizabeth Driver, 12. She was taken to city-County Hospital, where she underwent an operation. The shooting occurred a few minutes after the sisters had been called into the house by their father to clean up the residence. They had been playing with bows and arrows with neighborhood children. The father left the house a few minutes after he called the girls inside. Mary Elizabeth picked up the rifle to ut it in its usual place for safekeeping. The girls had loaded it Saturday night when they thought they heard prowlers. The father was away at that time on a household chore. The report of the rifle attracted Mrs. Will Poston, owner of the apartment, who aided the girl until an ambulance arrived. Mother of the girls, Mrs. Bertie Elizabeth Driver, makes her home in Canton. At the hospital, Wanda Faye explained she and her sister were laughing and talking as they cleaned house. She had her back to her sister when the gun discharged. Wanda Faye said she and her sister had forgot about loading the gun. Photograph of Wanda Faye Driver, 9, injured by gunshot laying in a hospital bed with tubes in her nose. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning Edition April 29, 1946.
Date Created: 1946-04-28
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Driver, Wanda Faye, Driver, James E., Driver, Mary Elizabeth, Driver, Bertie Elizabeth (Mrs.), Poston, Will (Mrs.), Sick persons, Hospitals, Beds, Surgery, Rifles, Accidents
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address:
1500 S. Main Street
Fort Worth, TX
United States Geographc Coordinates: Latitude: 32.727045000000
Longitude: -97.327967000000
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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