ELDERLY MAN DIES FROM SHOTGUN WOUND
AUCKLAND, Last Night. I Gravely wounded in the leg "when ■ a shot gun w'as discharged, JohnB Moore, aged 72, died before reaching ■ Auckland from Waiheke Island this H afternoon. Mr. Moore, who vasfl found shot in his room at the home I of his- nephew, Mr. M. Mooney, atfl Rocky Bay, Waiheke, was flown to I Auckland in a Catalina aireraft of fl the Air Sea Rescue Service but vrasfl dead on arrival. fl The ehief diffieulty was experi- 1 enced in conveying* Mr. Moore to the I aireraft from the house. The machinefl was called upon in an effort to bringfl him to Auckland and, under a doc-B tor's care, in time to save his life. fl Two men who rowed out to thefl aireraft in a choppy sea, later gotfl home again only after great diffi-B culty after a struggle against the ■ winfi and sea. x fl
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5278, 13 December 1946, Page 4
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155ELDERLY MAN DIES FROM SHOTGUN WOUND Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5278, 13 December 1946, Page 4
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