PEA-RIFLE TRAGEDY.
TITTLE GIRT SHOT DEAD.
Hokitika, July 22.
A sad shooting fatality occurred at Koiterangi yesterday evening. A shooting party left a pea-rifle behind a door at the residence of Mr R. Harcourt. A sou of his, about nine years of age, playfully snapped it off three or four times without result. A schoolmate, Rosy Norman, about the same age, approached the house. He pointed the firearm with a jocular remark, and pulled the trigger. The cartridge took effect and lodged in the breast of the girl. She rushed to Mrs Harcourt, and fell into her arms, death being almost instantaneous.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 869, 23 July 1910, Page 3
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102PEA-RIFLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 869, 23 July 1910, Page 3
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