[Misfire accident]

In reference to the sad accident which happened to Alfred Moffat on Good Friday there appears to be a wrong impression abroad as to who fired the gun, many thinking it was the boy Alf. himself. The facts, as far as we can learn, are as follows: Johnston Wilson, son of Rev. A. Wilson, came into the foundry with a small breech-loading rifle with part of breech off. He got the trigger filed as he wanted, and while going out he put in a cartridge and fired before he got outside the premises. Alf. had followed to the door and was struck in the eye by a portion of the cartridge. All was done so quickly that no one in the shop knew Wilson was going to fire or had a cartridge on his person.