SHOCKING FATALITY.
A VOLUNTEER SHOT DEAD,
BALL CARTRIDE USED FOR
BLANK.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) }
FEILDING, this day.
During a night attack on Saturday rrig-kt on a camp of instruction of the Rifles, Volunteer Percy Crawford, aged 17, was shot dead by one of the attacking party, who hy misadventure substituted a ball for a blank cartridge. Deceased was in a tent alone at the time.. TheJ body was not discovered until five o'clock yesterday morning. Deceased was a son of Mr R. Crawford, blacksmith. An inquest will be; held today.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1902, Page 5
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