AUCKLAND TRAGEDY.
CHILD FATALLY SHOT.
PLAYING WITH A RIFLE
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 6. Bruce James Garner, aged seven Tears, whose parents reside at Ponsonby was fatally shot with a rifle while plaving with other children in ,a room at his Lome this afternoon. The rifle belonged to his father and it is not known how it came to be loaded. It was held by a boy cousin of deceased when it exploded. the mother heard a muffled report and thought it was ,a door slamming, but on hearing screams from the children, rushed in to make the tragic discovery. The child died an hour later.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 240, 7 September 1928, Page 7
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107AUCKLAND TRAGEDY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 240, 7 September 1928, Page 7
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