FATALLY SHOT
RABBITING ACCIDENT
YOUTH DIES FROM WOUND COMPANION'S GUN DISCHARGED [liy TELKCIIAIMI —I'RESS ASSOCIATION"] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday A 19-year-old youth, Donald Macfarlane, was fatally wounded by a shot accidentally discharged from a companion's rifle while rabbit shooting near Waikari this afternoon. Macfarlane aiul his companion. Thomas McGabo, aged 17, saw two hares and fired at them. McCabe reloaded and apparently turned to' Macfarlane, who was standing about three yards away. As McCabo turned with both hands on his rifle it exploded, and Macfarlane fell to the ground. McCabe tried to lift him, but Macfarlane made no response to his efforts and McCabe then ran for help to Glenorchy Homestead, a mile away. Macfarlane was dead when examined by Dr. Page, of Waikari. Efforts are being made by the police to trace Macfarlane's relatives.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22820, 30 August 1937, Page 10
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