WAD FROM A CANNON.
CAUSES SPECTATOR'S DEATH. (Per Press Association.). ' WELLINGTON, this day. Ob Anniversary "Day, ''while attending the Yacht drib's races m the harbor, a man named Antonio Bogram received m his leg/ a wad from a blank cartridge fired from a cannon. Blood poisoning supervened, , and the man Bub--died. At the inquiry held to>-dayi evidence was given by the secretary of t the club that before firing the 'cannon at the start and finish of races * "h& warned people to stand back,, as the cannon had a tendency to kick. When he fired the shot m question there was no one m front of the cannon. Two minutes afterwards he heard that a man had received a nasty wound m the front Of his leg. Th« usual blank cartridge was used. , After hearing evidence, the coroner emphasised the necessity of people m charge of yacht races taking every precaution to keep people at. a safe disianoe from the gun to be fired. The wrdict was that deceased died from jexfaustion, following on a- gunshot '■ uromjd accidentally received. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13298, 6 February 1914, Page 3
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179WAD FROM A CANNON. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13298, 6 February 1914, Page 3
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