FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4086, 11 April 1892, Page 2

FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT

AfunEsplodos. ThoEuliot Passes through tho Body of a Soy-

Further particulars regarding the distressing accident at Wainuioru reached Masterton on Saturday night, Jt appears that George York, the viQtim, aocompaniedby two other lads named George and Alfred Simpson, went out pig-hunting on Friday morning on the section of land owned by Messrs York and Stanley near Flat Point, The gun belonging to Mr Stanley was being used by the lad York, who walked some distance from his mates. A pig was bailed up in a gully by tho dogs, and York ran down to shoot it, when his foot oaught in a vine lie fell, Tho gun, whioh struck the ground, almost immediately exploded, and tho bullet entered the lad's body under the right- 1 shoulder blade and passed out on the left side just belo.v the heart. Oue of the Simpson boys called out, " George, whin's up?" when Koi'k replied, " Good God, I'm shot-!" The mates of the unfortunate lad iusbed to the scene, flftlieacoidont but before anything further was said the poor fellow expired. Information was at once conveyed to the father of tho deceased, syho lives in Masterton, and the bpdy waa brought jn on Saturday night by Constable May, and deposited in tjie morgue, there to await an i^uest. " Tho Inquest. ; An enquiry into the ciroumslances the death of George York was held in the pld Courthouse this (Monday) morning before : Colonel Roberts, RiM, District Coroner, and a jury of six. William" F, York, father of the deceased, deponed that his son, who was fourteen years of age, left home on the 3rd inst for witness' run on the East Coast. When he next saw him he wbb dead, ; Alfred Simpsondeposed that he and his brother went out pig hunting with depeasetj on Friday. A pig was bailed up and the deceased said, " 1 ! 11 baye the first shot."" He started running and the report of a gun \yas heard jjpo# - Witness went up ' and foupd the depeasecj lyjng. cj?wn. He e?plaimed,!'l'm. shot I" and died in about a piipate. Witness was parrying 9 gp, bqt)» ffa§ sip it did not go off,' Evidence was also given by George Simpson, James Stanley, and Constable May. j A ycdict of " accidental death " was returned,