Gun Accident.-Fatal Results.
■:~ -& "Ifatal "■acci(JenlP^p^fi^a"^^OTa:ay^" Wndtvyg "in the sudden|r deSfthijoffJohji DunCan, Native. Interpreter; ot" Snortlariil}Jf* om the evidence adduced at the inqueil and other particulars it would seem thai Mr; JDunca-n,'] accompanied by v his wife Elizabeth (a Maori woman) left Shortland yesterdsy morning^ to go pig-1 bunting, up the*;Thames t*Bufe£^ They arrived at their destination, and Duncan wa3 successful in getting a pig. While resting the yelp of v the dogs was heard; and Duncan reached forwardtt>seiirt> his gun for the purpose of: going io;the as-' sistance of the dogs. In doing this the gun went off and Duncan was shot through the heart. His until she saw that he was dead, when she tried to swim the. rjv,e^ buf $fmjuL : the current was; too strong; r ! Sh'e afterwards; got to Kirikiri and, tried; to induce the natives to go back: with i her, but they * declined. Sue - then came pii W Shortland and. reported the, mattpr to the;police, but at such; an hour ; that it was deemed inadvisable to proceed to the; scene, of the accident last; night. ■-.. - At.- daylight ■ this i morning Constable Madill was despatched to bring in;the;b6dy.Y' O.:V:S
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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1665, 20 April 1874, Page 2
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193Gun Accident.-Fatal Results. Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1665, 20 April 1874, Page 2
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