TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES.
EXPLOSION OF A RIFLE!. ONE MAN KILLED. ANOTHER IN CRITICAL! CONDITION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 12.45 p.m. to-day. BRISBANE, Oct. 6. There was a remarkable tragedy in the Route district, when Charles Cracknell, who was armed with a rifle, jumped off a motor lorry 'to shoot an emu. The weapon exploded and the bullet ploughed through the body of George Cain, who was killed, and then passed through a drover named Williams, who- is in a critical condition. The bullet embedded itself in the lorry upholstery, which was set oil fire and the lorry was burned to ashes.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 October 1928, Page 9
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106TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 October 1928, Page 9
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