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V V Vi V If • w • fV#»www»Melancholy Case of Shooting.—Two boys, named Frisby, brothers, aged respectively twelve and nine years, were amusing themselves with an iron tube and powder in a filt;4d near the residence of their father, at Eastwood Lodge, Bristol, on Friday night. The tube, which was charged with powder and a few stones, was held by the younger brother. The elder was standing by him, and, for .the purpose of igniting the powder, he drew a lucifer match along the surface of the tube. The flame accidentally came in contact with the powder lying on the touch hole of the tube, and a discharge took place, the contents of the tube lodging in the breast of the elder brother. Death was almost instantaneous. At the inquest, which was held on Saturday, a verdict of * accidentally shot9 was returned.
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Englishman
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Feb 14, 1863
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