ACCIDENTALLY SHOT DEAD.
FATAL RESULT OF A GAME OF COWBOYS. (By TcleEraph-Prc?6 Association.! Dunedih, July 20. A fatal accident occurred this evening when Alex. Cunningham, 13 years of age, was accidentally shot dead. Tho boy was playing in a neighbour's yard with two mates at a game of American cowboys. Deceased had a Winchester rifle which he knew to be loaded. He was about to enter (ho hut, but before doing so ho threw tho rifle on tho ground. Wig concussion caused the charge to explode, and tlio bullet entered deceased's liead just behind the right ear. Ho died within a few minutes.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 4
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103ACCIDENTALLY SHOT DEAD. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 4
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