SHOTGUN ACCIDENT
SEVERE INJURIES TO FACE DEATH OF CAPTAIN McCRONE (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 19. The death occurred to-day of Captain Donald McTavish McCrone, aged 53, of Remuera, who suffered injuries to the face when a shotgun was discharged on Saturday. Captain McCrone was carrying the gun and was about to engage in shooting at the back of Mount Wellington where the accident occurred. He was getting out of his car when he fell, and the charge from the gun penetrated the lower half of his face. , Captain McCrone was born in Scotland, and first came to New Zealand as master of the Livingstonia over 20 years ago when he was with the New Zealand Shipping Company. After returning to England he came back to New, Zealand and joined the steyedoring staff of the New Zealand Shipping Company in Auckland. He later joined the firm of Messrs Leonard and Dingley. Ltd., of which he was a director for about 15 years. He was president of the St. Andrew’s Society, a justice of the peace, and was prominent in Scottish affairs in Auckland He was a popular figure on the Auckland waterfront.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23918, 20 September 1939, Page 3
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