Shocking Accident.
A youth, Alfred Nielson, was shot on Sunday near Halcombe. He saw a lamb lying in a creek, and as he went to lift it out placed the gun butt foremost on the ground, holding the barrel in his hand. A creeping plant became fast to the trigger, which was on half cock, It fell, and the lad reoeived the full charge in his breast. He just had time to say to his brother, "I am dying," and expired. He was the eldest son of Mr Christian Nielson, one of the oldest and most respected settlers in the district.
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Woodville Examiner, Volume XIII, Issue 2385, 28 June 1895, Page 4
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