Fatal Shooting Accident.
A PEA-RIFLE TRAGEDY. (Per Press Association.) Woodville, This day. Yesterday two lads named George Home and Thomas Murphy, each 18 years, were shooting with a pea rifle when the gun accidentally went off. A pellet entered Muryhy's nose near the left eye, and must have penetrated the brain for he died tw T o hours afterwards.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 302, 21 April 1897, Page 2
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59Fatal Shooting Accident. Hastings Standard, Issue 302, 21 April 1897, Page 2
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