FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.
A BOY SHOT. [BY wlbgrapu.— ASSOCIATION.) Dcnedin, Wednesday, A boy named William Davidson, aged 15 years, accidentally shot himeelf this afternoon. With another boy named Galloway he was out rabbit shooting, armed with pea rifles. Galloway was starting for home, and loft Davidson lying down picking some watercress. He had not got more than a dozen yards away when he heard a shot, and going back found Davidson shot in the forehead. His coo-ee brought assistance, but Davidson only lived a few minutes. The lad was the son of a storekeeper at the Glen, Mornington.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10411, 8 April 1897, Page 5
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