Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 26 August 1842, page 3


NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.

(From our various Correspondents.)

NEWCASTLE.

A very melancholy accident, occasioned by the incautious use of fire-arms, occurred here on Saturday last, to one of the privates of the 99th regiment. It appears that one of the sentries, on coming off guard, neglected to draw the charge from his musket, and one of his comrades belonging to the same regiment, on coming into the guard-room, took it up, and said jestingly to another private, "Charley, I'll shoot you!" and immediately pulled the trigger, when the piece went off, and killed the other dead on the spot. The ball pene-trated the neck, and came out at the back, beneath the shoulder-blade, lodging in the wall at the other side of the room. The man

who was the means of depriving his fellow soldier of life was seized with remorse, having always been on the most intimate terms with the deceased. We were not enabled to obtain the names of the parties.