MUSKETRY FATALITY
GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED I (By Telegraph. Press Association i /M Fniiqy. A territorial, Atli-cl llGilV'yHjiAggiiis Morris, 17 years of age;'’\va.s fatally shot on the ; Te Oreore'A’llj'e. , j ! aif£h' near Masterton this 'th annual musketry held. i. It appears 'that a number'Af''"'lads were lying on the ground" the shooting when someone' accidentally kicked or touched"^'supposed to be empty, w'hicii Avks'C.iying near-by. The charge exploded'aiid the bullet entered Morris’ ’body. He died shortly afterwards. : The youth resided in Greytown with his mother. " , • A military inquiry and '‘ail’ ’inquest will be held. ■ • : 1 •' C
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1928, 30 October 1926, Page 8
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