HORRIBLE FATALITY.
[bt telegraph]. Balclcxha., To-day. Some members of the Wilmott Combination troupe, here at present, intended going rabbit shooting this morning, and Frank Heywood, the pianist, was getting his gun ready in the bedroom of the Criterion Hotel. He was blowing down the barrel to ascertain if it was clear, and Frank Simmons, another of the troupe, was holding a lighted match at the nipper. The shot went off in Hey wood’s mouth and out of the crown of his head, throwing Abroad the brain and portions of the skull’in all directions. Death was instantaneous. An inquest will be held this afternoon.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1081, 23 October 1883, Page 3
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103HORRIBLE FATALITY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1081, 23 October 1883, Page 3
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