TERRITORIAL FATALLY SHOT
RIFLE ACCIDENTALLY EXPLODES. [Per Press Association.] MASTEHTON, Last Night. A territorial named Athol Henry Braggins Morris, seventeen years of age, was fatally shot on Tc Ore Ore rifle range, near Masterton, this afternoon. when the annual musketry course was being held. It appears that a number of lads were lying on the ground watching the shooting, when someone accidentally kicked or touched a rifle supposed to be empty, lying nearby, and the charge exploded. The bullet entered Morris's abdomen, and he died shortly afterwards. He resided in Greytown, with his mother. A full explanation is not available, but a military enquiry and inquest will be held.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3492, 30 October 1926, Page 9
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109TERRITORIAL FATALLY SHOT Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3492, 30 October 1926, Page 9
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