FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.
A MAN SHOT DEAD. [United Pebss Association.] AUCKLAND. Monday. Charles Riches, aged 27, employed at Sylvia Park. Otahuhu. was acciden. tally killed yesterday. He had laid down his gun on a dog kennel -while he was releasing his dog. He then pulled the gun towards him. but the trigger became caught and Riches received the full charge in his stomach, death ensuing before the doctor arrived. Riches came from Lancashire last No. vember.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, 7 June 1909, Page 2
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