Wanda Faye Driver

Creator

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Identifier

20025455

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.

Archival Date

1946-04-28

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-386

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Driver, Wanda Faye; Driver, James E.; Driver, Mary Elizabeth; Driver, Bertie Elizabeth (Mrs.); Poston, Will (Mrs.); Sick persons; Hospitals; Beds; Surgery; Rifles; Accidents