Fatal Gun Accident.
(By Telegraph.)
AUCKLAND, August 11
A shocking fatality is reported from the Bay of Plenty district. Mr Charles Gould, who recently purchased the Whakatane estate from Dr Campbell, was accidentally shot dead on the estate. He was passing through a wire fence a short distance from the home' stead, dragging a loaded gun after him, when the trigger caught in a j riot of the wire, and the weapon exploded, shooting Mr Gould through the heart. Mr Gould was formerly a Canterbury settler, and was one of the founders of Canterbury. He leaves a wife and five children. The family had just taken possession of the estate.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6292, 12 August 1890, Page 2
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