BOY SHOT DEAD.
Loaded gun falls and explodes. . (By TrlsQivph—Press Assoctitiotl':) WOODVILLE, Last Night. The five-year-old son of John. Todd, farmer, Papatawa, was shot dead on Saturday afternoon. Two brothers were hunting for mice in the storeroom when a loaded gun taken from the corner was placed against a table and fell down. It went off, and the full charge struck the little fellow, who was satting underneath the table, fair in the forehead. Death was instantaneous. At the inquest yesterday a verdict of accidental death was returned."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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88BOY SHOT DEAD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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