SHOOTING FATALITY
YOUTH'S DEATH AT SEACLIFF James Graham M‘Arthur, aged 15 years and 11 months, who lived with his parents at Seacliff,. met his death yesterday as the result of a mishap while shooting rabbits. It appears that the youth was using tho butt of the rifle to poke something out of the bushes when the rifle discharged, the bullet entering his head and causing his death. The body was brought to Seaclilf at 12.30 this morning, and an inquest was opened this afternoon. The deceased’s father is an attendant at the Seacliff Mental Hospital.
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Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 13
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95SHOOTING FATALITY Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 13
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