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Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1879, Page 2

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« — ; : : Napier, Tuesday. Sergeant-Major Kebsall, who was wounded while marking at the rifle butts on Saturday afternoon, died last night, mortification having set in . late yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred as follows : — Kebsall, while marking for some members of the Rifle Association who were practising at the Tutaekuri range, seeing 1 the members walking away from the ; 400 yards rango, concluded that the practice was over, and came in f rCn t 1 of the target without exhibiting tho | danger flag. One of the members, ! Walter Newton., resolved to have a i couple of thots from tho 500 yards < range, and it was not until after he had tired the first shot that the marker was observed running to the cover of the butt. It was not thought at that time that Sergeant Major Kebsall had been hit. Newton then fired his second shot, and the usual signal was then put up to intimate to the marker that the firing had ceased. No answering flag being raised, the party waited a short time, when the danger flag "was seen at the butts to be wuving, and the marker to crawl out on his hands and knees. An immediate rush was made to the target, where they discovered that Kebsall had been shot clean through the upper part of the calf of his leg. Measures were taken to stop the flow of blood, - and one of the pirty proceeded for medical assistance and a conveyance* The deceased has been drilUinstrufiW^r here for several years. Ho leaves a wife and large family. Gheytowk, Wednesday. An immense fire occurred here last night. Steele's boarding house, Beetham's (lawyer) office, Caselberg's store, the Police Station, Courthouse, j all wero burnr. The Post office was on fire three times, but was saved. The loss is estimated at £12,000.