A LAD SHOT DEAD.
Wanganui, Yesterday. A sad fatality occurred at Maxwelltown, 16 miles frOm Wanganui, yesterday afternoon, when Ballance Edgar Jones, aged 13 years, son of Mr F. Webb-Jones, editor of the Herald, was accidentally shot by his cousin. The boys were near the verandah of the house, and their attention' was directed to a gun standing on the corner, of the verandah.!The cousin took up the weapon to explain the mechanism, not knowing that it was loaded. He accidentally pulled the trigger and shot the other boy dead.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 398, 16 June 1908, Page 2
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90A LAD SHOT DEAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 398, 16 June 1908, Page 2
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