Fatal Shooting Accident.
(Per Press Association.) Waipawa, May 25. A young man named OleTostensen was shot through the heart while out shooting with his brother on the special settlement west of Makaretu. He and his brother were sitting on a large log conversing. Ole sat with his feet and the but of his gun resting on a smaller Jog. Suddenly his gun fell to the ground, the hammers of both barrels striking the log, causing a discharge through his body, the main j part lodging in the lungs. Death resulted in ten minutes. The yerdict was accidental death.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 277, 28 May 1895, Page 2
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