"Child Shot By Brother In Accident," Kingston Whig-Standard. July 8, 1942. Page 3. ---- Ina Irvin, the 11-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mildred Irvin, was instantly killed in the kitchen of her home in Kingston Township, Concession 6, two miles from Elginburg yesterday when shot through the heart by a bullet from a .22 rifle. The gun, which was discharged accidentally, was in the hands of her eight-year-old brother, Billy. According to the police, Ina, Billy and their sister, Joan, aged six, had been playing in the kitchen alone when the tragedy occurred. In the course of a game. Billy is said to have picked up the rifle, which it was thought was not loaded, and pointed it at his sister. An elder brother, Graham, 17, was working in a barn near the house at the time, but said he did not hear the shot. Billy ran out and told him what had happened. Coroner Dr. C. W. Bennett and Provincial Constable J. Truaisch investigated. It could not be learned this morning whether an inquest would be held. The father of the little girl, the late W. F. Irvin, died five months ago. The funeral will be held from her mother's, residence to Cataraqui Cemetery on Thursday afternoon.
