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■Wellington, January 10,
A fatal accident occurred at Day’s Bay on Monday. It appears that George Freethey, farmer, of Lower Hutt, proceeded to the bay with a horse and cart for the purpose of cutting some undergrowth. He took with him a pistol and gun in case he should come upon some wild pigs. Freethey not returning that night, search was instituted, the result being that the horse and dray were found, but no sign of the missing man. Next day, however, he was found lying on his back with a bullet hole through the top of his head. It is thought that iu going through the bush the pistol went off accidentally,.the bullet entering the forehead and escaping at the top of the hole. Freethey was a young man, single, and had his life insured for £2OO in the Government office. At the inquest there was a verdict of accidental death.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1987, 11 January 1883, Page 2
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