SHOOTING FATALITY AT PONSONBY.
" - A BABY KILLED. A little boy named Raymond Stanley died at the hospital late last night from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted.' The child when admitted was in a very low condition, suffering from a severe wound in the shoulder. An operation was necessary, but the child was unable to pull through it. It seems that the deceased, who is only 18 months old, was playing with his brother, aged 11. The children, it is stated, got hold of a revolver, which was loaded, and it went off, inflicting the' injury named. The city coroner will be informed of the accident to-day, and an inquest will be held in due course.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12523, 16 March 1904, Page 5
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115SHOOTING FATALITY AT PONSONBY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12523, 16 March 1904, Page 5
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