SHOOTING TRAGEDY
STEPPED IN FRONT OF GUN
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
NELSON, This Day
A sad shooting fatality occurred on Sunday when two sons of Mr. William James Linton, of Toi Toi Valley, were rabbit shooting. The younger son. Derrick, aged 15. got in front of his brother when the latter was firing, receiving the discharge in the thigh. He was taken to hospital, where he died.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 11
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