Auckland News.
[Pee Pbbss. Association.] SEEIOUS GUN ACCIDENT. PENSIONS. AUCKLAND, Jan. 18. Arthur Sutherland, a youth of seventeen, 'living at Wairoa>and quite unacquainted with firearms, placed several .charges of powder and lead in a fowling-piece. The explosion was terrific. The breech was blown out, and the barrel and stock splin- '■ tered to pieces. The lad was very sericw v injured. ; r . . It is estimated that £16,000 is paic I annually in Auckland in Imperial pensions, \
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6448, 18 January 1889, Page 3
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75Auckland News. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6448, 18 January 1889, Page 3
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