Eva Grace Stuart, 1916-12/7/1942.

DEATHS

STUART. — At Wellington, the result of an accident, Grace, beloved wife of Gordon Stuart, and beloved daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Clarke, 205 Malvern street, Dunedin.  -Evening Star, 13/7/1942.

YOUNG WOMAN SHOT

EXPLOSION OF RIFLE 

PICKED UP BY HUSBAND 

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. Mrs. Grace Stuart, a young woman, died at Island Bay yesterday as a result of a .22 bullet entering her left ear. Mrs. Stuart lived with her husband, Mr. A. G. Stuart, at Island Bay. The .22 rifle belonging to Mr. Stuart was in the corner of the sitting room. It is understood that Mr. Stuart, thinking the rifle was unloaded, picked it up to remove it when it went off, the bullet hitting his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart originally came from Dunedin, and have only been living at Island Bay for about three weeks.   -Gisborne Herald, 14/7/1942.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The Clarke family, of Woodhaugh, and the Stuart family, of Oturehua, wish to sincerely thank all kind relatives and friends for their messages of love and sympathy aud beautiful floral tributes on the sudden call to rest of their beloved wife and daughter, Grace.   -Evening Star, 25/7/1942.

SHOOTING TRAGEDY

DUNEDIN WOMAN'S DEATH

"Live cartridges should not be left in the breech or magazine of a rifle in any circumstances whatever," said Mr W. G. L. Mellish, the Wellington coroner, when he returned a verdict that Eva Grace Stuart, aged 26, a married woman, formerly of Dunedin, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a .22 rifle at her home in Island Bay on July 12. The evidence showed that Mr Stuart picked up the rifle to shift it from one corner of the room to the other, and as he did so he tripped over a heater and the rifle was discharged, the bullet striking Mrs Stuart in the left ear. She died almost immediately. The rifle had been oiled by Mr Stuart the night before, and Mrs Stuart herself had left one cartridge in the magazine. This had apparently been transferred to the breech by the action of the bolt during the oiling. "I am satisfied that this was one of those unfortunate accidents." said the coroner.  -Otago Daily Times, 27/7/1942.

Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin. DCC photo.