THE WESTPORT TRAGEDY.
The Victim's Brothers Found
Death Result of an Accident
(By Telegraph — Press Association.) Westport, This Day.
Edwin and Cecil Herring, aged fifteen and nine years, brothers of Lily Herring, who was killed on Saturday, were found last night. They state that they were in the garden when they heard a shot inside the house. Finding their sister dead they became frightened ancl ran into the bush.
It now appears that the girl, who was engaged in household duties, accidentally knocked down the gun, which exploded, killing her.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8450, 15 May 1906, Page 5
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