Accidents and Fatalities.
[By Telegraph.]
(Per Press Association.)
Dunedin, Sept. 22
An elderlv man named William Alexander committed suicide by shooting himself at Cavershaut this evening. While his wife and family were at tea the man 'went out. and hearing a report in the yard the family rushed out and found Alexander with a large bole of his stomach. He died •beiore medical assistance arrived. The weison used was a one-barrelled pistol,%nd as tfcare was no cap on it the supposition is he used a match to fire oMflfce charge. The man was re-cent-ly ©sehaTge■ 1 from the position of caretaker of a church in Caversbam."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 433, 23 September 1897, Page 3
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