SHOCKING FATALITY.
THREE BOYS AND A GUN.
ONE LAD KILLED AND ANOTHER
INJURED,
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
YVAITEKAUIM, this day
A 'fatal shooting- accident occurred at Golden Cross. Waitekauri, on iSunday. A boy named Heron and two Adams were out shooting' with an old Enfield rifle. One of the Adanisboysand Heron wore sitting on the sand when the elder Adams jumped on to a log1 in front, when the rifle discharged through having a very weak spring.
The charge struck Adams near the heart and' slightly injured Adams in the face. Heron died two hours later. Dr. Cairns attended him.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 168, 29 July 1901, Page 5
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