TRAGEDY ON A YACHT
MAN SHOT INSTEAD OF BIRD " \ PERTH, Dec. 15. A tragic accident occurred to-day when Bruce Sinclair, 21, of South Perth, while sailing on the Swan River in the "yacht Corona with a man named Moore, was shot dead. Moore levelled a sporting rifle at a bird on a post, and just as be fired Sinclair’s head appeared out of the cabin. The charge went through Sinclair’s head, and lie died soon afterwards.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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76TRAGEDY ON A YACHT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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