SHOOTING FATALITY.
[BT TK,XGIIAPH.— i>RHSS ASSOOTATIOW.) DANNIVERKE, This Day. . A _ shooting fatality occurred in the bush at Tiratu yesterday afternoon. A settler named Thomas Preston, aged 25 a single man, was out after rabbits and is supposed to have allowed his own gun to fall when crossing a log. The gun exploded, the contents entering his body above tho heart. At an inquest this morning the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Deceased came here about fifteen months ago His parents reside in the Waikato '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1907, Page 7
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86SHOOTING FATALITY. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1907, Page 7
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