The Colonial Troops at Home.
DEATH OF A VOLUNTEER. (Per Press Association.) .London, June 3. At tha military tournament tbe com> tuned Cavalry and Ar-illery team defeated tbe New South Wales Mounted Ilifiea wrestling on horseback. The con> test was exciting. While the Orotava was in the Mediterranean, Private Sneller of the Westralian contingent, was killed whila sitting on the hatchway. A block fell from aloft striking him on the head. He was buried at Gibraltar with military honors.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 282, 4 June 1897, Page 2
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