FARM HAND SHOT
ACCIDENT IN GATEWAY. (PA.) WAiROA, this day. A farmhand, Mr. Frank Thomas Reidy, aged 34, single, was found dead in a gateway at Morere yesterday. Evidence at the inquest revealed that Mr. Reidy was apparently passing through the gateway carrying a shotgun and when he was attempting to shut the gate the weapon caught some obstruction, causing an explosion, the charge killing him instantaneously. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 120, 23 May 1941, Page 3
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74FARM HAND SHOT Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 120, 23 May 1941, Page 3
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