Armagh Guardian: News - MASTERSON - Death, Accident - 31 Dec 1844 ===== The following article was transcribed from The Armagh Guardian, by permission of The British Library. ===== MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--On Thursday last, a poor man of the name of MASTERSON, living in the townland of Coonrick, county Fermanagh, was out fowling in an adjoining townland, in company with his son. When the boy returned from an er- rand he had gone, he discovered his father lying dead. It is believed that as the unfortunate man was attempting to leap over a ditch the gun accidentally went off and put an end to his existence. He has left a wife and five children to deplore his loss. ===== This reprint is intended SOLELY for the non-commercial use of family historians, with the sincere hope that a Lister may find the content useful. I am not descended from the person(s) mentioned herein. **Please refer any questions arising from this article to the general readership of the FERMANAGH mailing list.**