FATALITIES
(Pun Umited I'rtßß Abhooiatioh.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 25. John Proctor Mullins, aged 65 years, was found clea<l tliis morning- with thetop of his head blown off and a. gun lying b<?sido him. A string was attached to the trigger, tlio other end boing round the man's foot. Albert Jenkins, aged seven years, was accidentally shot dead bv his brother, aged 15 years, at Waikuku this afternoon. The elder boy was standing at the back door of the homo with a> loaded gun, intending to shoot tparrows. As ho was turning round the. trigger caught a button on his jacket, and the gun was discharged, the shot striking his brother, who was sft away, in the face. Death was instantaneous.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17375, 24 July 1918, Page 5
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119FATALITIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 17375, 24 July 1918, Page 5
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