ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
,By Teleeraph-l'resß Association. Blenheim, July 1(1. Alfred Gcorgo Mills, . aged 33, shot himself in the head with a pea rifle while rabbit shooting at lienwick, Tho I'iflo was apparently discharged while Mills was getting through a wire fence. Deceased was a single man, and had seen service at the front. He was a carpenter by occupation. Uy Telegraph-- I'reen Association. Taumarunui, July IC. To-day a married man named 'Henry Coe, a returned soldier, 31! years of age, and formerly bailiff of the Taumarunui Court, was accidentally killed while- pig-hunting. Tho dogs 'ltallcd tip n pig and Coo proceeded to beat tho dogs off with tlio butt-end of a pearille. Tlie ride went off, and the bullet wounded Coo in the. groin.. He expired almost immediately. Tho fatality happened at Waituhi.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 251, 17 July 1920, Page 7
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