BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
(IT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
- CHRISTCHURCB, 23rd July. Albert Jenkins; aged 7> was accidentally shot dead >y his brother, aged 15, at Wainku. tiiid afternoon. The elder boy was standing at the back door of the homo with a. loaded gun, intending to shoot spanwa. In ttfrning round the trigger caught a button on his jacket and the gun was discharged, the shot striking Ms brother, who was five feet away, in the face. Death was instantaneous.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 11
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78BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 11
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