Accidental shooting - Boston

[macwil]

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Alfred's entry here (4th from bottom 1st column)
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Hardy&yearOfDeath=1935&page=2#calendar

[cuffie81]

It looks like the family were having a bad run of luck.

A couple of weeks after Alfred was shot his 7-year old grandson, William (son of Walter) was also accidentality shot, by his friend Harold Skyes. Whilst William was bathing in drain Harold raised his gun to shoot at a pigeon flying over but caught the trigger on his coat.

At the time William was shot his mother was visiting her father-in-law in hospital. The newspaper reported that both Alfred and William were "progressing favourably".

References:

Boston Guardian
14 Sep 1929
Frithbank Mishap
Young Lad Accidentally Shoots Playmate
A Curious Coincidence

Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian
14 Sep 1929
Accidentally Shot
Second Gun Accident in One Family

[Redroger]

Around 12 years later when I was at Boston Grammar school a boy in my class was accidentally shot in the eye by a shotgun pellet while beating (flushing out game birds from cover) to earn pocket money. Sadly he lost the sight in the eye. The use of guns continued to extract a toll from the community.Does it still?