PEA RIFLE FATALITY.
( By Telegravh — Press dissociation. l
HOKITIKA, This Day
A sad shooting fatality occurred tiiis moruiug. resulting in the death of Robert McMillan, Borough In-spect-in". The deceased went out into the yard to shoot a cat. A few minutes after, ho was found iv a state of collapse, tho pea rifle having gone off accidentally, aud the pellet entered his breast. Ho died half-au-hour later. He leaves a widow and family of nine.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9344, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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75PEA RIFLE FATALITY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9344, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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