FATAL ACCIDENT WITH GUN
(P.A.)
WAIROA, This Day.
Frank Thomas Reidy, a farm hand, single, aged 34, was found dead in a gateway at Morere yesterday.
Evidence at an inquest revealed that Reidy was apparently passing through the gateway carrying a shotgun and (hat when he was shutting one gate the weapon caught some obstruction, exploding '.he charge and killing him instantly.
A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1941, Page 9
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69FATAL ACCIDENT WITH GUN Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1941, Page 9
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