FATAL WOUNDS.
AUCKLAND, Sept, 16. Fatal gunshot wounds were received by Eric Samuel Braithwaite, aged 13, son of, Mr and Mrs G. V. Braithwaite, of Wellsford, when a shotgun was accidentally discharged at his parents’ home on Saturday. The parents, together with the hoy and a younger brother, were on the veranda, and it is :thought that the two hoys had handled the' gun, which was standing in a corner.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 10
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