ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
YOUNG MAN FATALLY SHOT [Per Press Association.] NELSON, Oct. 21. A tragic occurrence took place during the luncheon hour in Emano Street to-dey. Robert E. Thomason, married, aged * 24, was killed through a loaded miniature rifle exploding. While the deceased was sitting down making a cig arette, with the rifle between his knees, by some means the rifle went off, the bullet entering under his chin, inflicting fatal injuries. The deceased was employed as a lorry driver by Kirkpatrick and Co.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19435, 22 October 1925, Page 7
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