The Dannevirke Tragedy.
The circumstances in connection with which the two lads, Neilson and_ Edmundsen, have met their death through a gun accident at Dannevirke, bring home very forcibly the serious and imperative duty incumbent on people who use firearms to take such precautions as will prevent accidents arising through interference by boys. The magnetism which attracts boys to firearms is well known,'and parents cannot be too careful to avoid all risk by taking care that guns ace loft unloaded when laid aside, and to keep them out of the reach of young boys when loaded. The bereavement which so frequently results from neglect of the most ele-
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Manawatu Herald, 5 September 1903, Page 2
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108The Dannevirke Tragedy. Manawatu Herald, 5 September 1903, Page 2
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