ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A MOCK,DUEL. (Per Press Association.) STRATFORD, Monday. Arthur Fred Lawrence, aged 18 years, was the victim of a fatal shooting accident at Toko on Saturday night. A circus was to have performed in the township that evening, but failed to arrive, and Lawrence with a number of companions was running a mock circus in a room used as a gymnasium. A duel was announced betweeh Lawrence and a boy named Corbett, aged 17 years. The boys took down two shot guns from the wall, and commenced a duel. Lawrence snapped the trigger repeatedly and then Corbett responded A loud report followed, and Lawrence fell, the charge lodging in his jaw and throat. Dr Stevens was summoned, and the unfortunate lad was conveyed to the Stratford Hospital, but died before admittance. An examination of the gun showed both barrels to have been left loaded.
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Waikato Times, Issue 12446, 2 December 1912, Page 4
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