SHOT AT THE BUTTS.
A MAItKEUB FATE. l>y Telegraph.— Association. Wfcstport, Lust A private in the iUillerton Kitles named Uoorge Drown, u coal miner, while marking at the butts at Millerton to-duy, looked up over the mouud whiio shooting was going on and was shot in the chin. He was brought to W'e.stport by special train, but died ou reaching the hoapital to-nighL Deceased was a married man with a family of three young children. Just before being shot, lie was cautioned by tin* captain of the company who was marking in the butts I to be careful about exposing himself.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 247, 12 October 1908, Page 2
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101SHOT AT THE BUTTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 247, 12 October 1908, Page 2
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