BLOOD-POISONING.
FATAL CASE AT WELLINGTON. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. On Anniversary Day, while attending the Yacht Club's races in the hatbor, a man named Antonio Tjogram received in his leg a wad from a blank cartridge fired from' a cannon. Blood-poisoning supervened and the man subsequently died. * At the. inquiry held vftiiny evidence was given by the seercrary of the club that before firing the. cannon at the start and finish of the races hei warned people to stand back, as the cannon hod a tendency to kick. When he fired the shot in question there was no one in front 'of ;the cannon. Two minutes afterwards he heard a man had received a nasty wound in the front of his leg. 'The usual blank cartridge was used. After bearing the evidence the coronsr emphasised the necessity of the people in charge of the yacht races taking every precaution to keep people at a safe distance from the gun to be fired. The verdict was that deceased died from exhaustion following on a gun-shot wound accidentally received.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 7 February 1914, Page 5
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178BLOOD-POISONING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 7 February 1914, Page 5
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