SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
MAN KILLED AT DUNSANDRL Aa iiiquest was held at 10.30 a-m. yesterday, before Mr H. A. fonaf, Coroner, into the death of Frederick Carter King, who was killed on Saturday at Dunsandel, as a result of * shooting accident. Mr King was employed as a farm labourer by Mr Keith Skurr, of Dunsandel, and after lunch on Saturday he went out to shoot wild cats. He went into the scrub about 70 yards from the homestead, and a little later two shots were heard at an interval of about two minutes. Shortly afterwards his dead body was found by Mr Sknrr. He had apparently received the full foree of a shot in the face. The Coroner brought in a verdiet that deceased met his death accidentally and had died from the effects of a gunshot wound in the face. Deceased, who was 33 years of age, leaves a widow and two children.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19719, 9 September 1929, Page 9
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