“DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED"
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS
FATHER
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
(Received 29th October, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. ) A remarkable accident of the “tlidn’t know it was loaded” variety, occurred at Manly, when Victor H. Simons, who was visiting friends, allowed his three-year-old son. to play with a pea-rifle without ascertaining if it was loaded. The boy pulled the Digger, and Simons staggered back shot in the chest. He was taken to hospital. His injury is not serious.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 29 October 1928, Page 9
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