SHOCKING PEA RIFLE TRAGEDY.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED. SHOT WITH ONE BULLET. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received September 30, 5.10 'p.m.) * Sydney, September- 29. v A dreadful tragedy happened at Narran- _ dera. New South Wales, to-day. A boy had placed a loaded pea rifle against a fence and began playing with the ' children of a family named Gilbert. " One of the Gilbert boys picked up the rifle and it exploded accidentally. The ' bullet passed through the head of his infant L brother, and then lodged in the brain of ' his little sister. ; '^ ie infant was killed instantaneously, ' and the gill is in a very critical condition. (Received October 1, 1.8 a.m.) i Sidney, September 30. I The little girl Gilbert, the second victim • in the pea rifle accident at Narrandera. died i to-day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13296, 1 October 1906, Page 5
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