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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A settler on the Cann River (Vi/s.y yarned Palmeraton Sewell has met his death in'.j singular circumstances. He had an impres- ■ sion that someone might break into his hut, and, with i yiew to protecting himself, he fixed a loaded gun inside, so that when the door was opened it woyjd pull a wire which he had attached to the trigger. It is believed that Sewell must have accidentally touched the wire and been shot by his own I contrivance, as he was found dead in his luttj lying upo-;: his bunk, and with the charge • from the gun lodged in his breast. James Miies, a if.'oorer, aged fifty-one years, died suddenly at on Tuesday night. Apoplexy is the supposed, cause of death..

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Evening Star, Issue 9708, 17 May 1895, Page 2

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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Evening Star, Issue 9708, 17 May 1895, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Evening Star, Issue 9708, 17 May 1895, Page 2