SAD FATALITY AT LEESTON.
.4. A YOUNG MAX ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Yesterday news* was leeeived at Lecston that Mr Peter Boag. son of Mr John Boa,;, of Brookside, ;nul brother to Ca.pt am Bixig, of tha El.esmere Mounted Rifles, was shot in the stomach whilst the corps was practising at the tiile range. Mr BiNig died from his injuries at three o'clock, only a few hours after tht. distiessing accident occurred.
I'leven members of t lie Klksinere Mounted E fles went ti> the ' t<> practice yesterday, and took letuje in a sto-k----yarrt owned by Mr 'Lick, \\ lieir the lam wme on. While th?y weie chiMfred thi-i? one of them siipisested that they yliould fiu» a volley signal to tlieir cajitain. vvlu» was some distance oil". Tii•?» next moment a report was heard, and Mr l>(■■'.ig f"H. shot throusih the stumach. :md a s<> urn , ;>f the comp;uiy named Herbeit l'.ei.Viii', wli•:«!» liile it was'that went, clt', and win .-<■ fail w;'.s due to hi* emotion on .we! ih? iesull. Ireland was arrested ;is a matter of formality, by Constable O'Conuell, .stationed at Leeston, on a eiiarg.' of "killing and slayuig." He explained that as th-j result of the suggestion to lire a volley, he placed a cartridge in the breech of his ritie, and while lie was cloning the breech the. weapon exploded. The late Mr Boag was 21 yenrs of age, and a fanner by occupation. He was a successful footballer and athlete, and was well known and very popular.
Major Creswell and CaptaLnS Fislier and Merton leave the Battalion camp to-day to hold a military inquiry into t\w causes which led up to the fatal accident.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11493, 28 January 1903, Page 5
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276SAD FATALITY AT LEESTON. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11493, 28 January 1903, Page 5
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