ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.
At Johnsonville yesterday, at the inquest on the body of Henry Faster, the jimy returned a verdict that the boy was killed by a gunshot wound on the previous evening, and had met his death accidentally. They recommended that the Town Board should adept a by-law to prevent firearms being used in the district. A man named Watson was kicked on 'he head by a horse he was attending atTwelvemilo jQreymoath), l yesterday. He was. taken .to the hospital, where he is In & verv critical state. Cornelius Ahern was struck on the head by a scoop while working at the City Gasworks 'this morning. A nasty wound was inflicted, and the man went to the hospital, where he was attended to. No serious results seem probable, Andrew Douthott, an old resident, died suddenly at Westport to-day of heart disease.
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Evening Star, Issue 11692, 25 September 1902, Page 4
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