FATALITY WITH PEA-RIFLE
PA. AUCKLAND, Jan. 18. A fatal gunshot- wound was received by Miss Esther Rose Sutton, aged 25, of Papatoetoe. Apparently she was cleaning the barrel of a .22 rifle when it discharged, the bullet penetrating the centre of her forehead. Cleaning materials were beside her when she was found. She was taken to hospital, and died an hour later.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1944, Page 3
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