SHOOTING FATALITY.
1 Lvxnhvikkk, Yesterday. A shooting fatality occurred in the bush at Tiratu yesterday afternoon. A settler named Thomas Preston, aged 25, single, was out after rabbits, and is supposed to have allowed his own gun to fall when crossing a log. He received the contents of the weapon abooe the heart and was later on discovered dead. At the inquest tins morning the jurj r returned a verdict of “ Accidental death.” Deceased came here about fifteen months ago. His parents reside in the Waikato.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3745, 31 January 1907, Page 4
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86SHOOTING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3745, 31 January 1907, Page 4
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