FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
Nelson, March 28,
A fatality occurred at the Bainham ’cheese factory between nine and ten o’clock this morning. The factory manager (Mr. West) was found shot dead in the secretary’s office. Mr. West had borrowed a luvmmerless gun to shoot some stray cats that had been causing annoyance. It is thought that his not being acquainted with the mechanism had resulted in the gun being accidently discharged. The shot entered the body over the heart, and deatli must have been instantaneous. Mr West weighed in the milk this morning, and at about ten o’clock his assistant, not noticing him about, went to look for him. 'flic assistant was in the engineroom part of the time, and would not hear a shot fired. Deceased was about 28 years of age, and had been in charge of the factory since .January last year. He came originally from Rongotea, North Island. ’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3017, 30 March 1926, Page 2
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151FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3017, 30 March 1926, Page 2
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