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Gilliland, Dorothy Crawley shot News_BostonGlobe19540222_26

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Coastguardsman Harry F. Crawley shoots himself at his aunt Mrs Dorothy Gilliland's home.
The Boston Globe
Boston, Massachusetts •
Mon, Feb 22, 1954 p26
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• BOSTON DAILY GLOBE
Coast Guardsman Shot in Head Examining Pistol
A 26-year-old Coast Guardsman was in critical condition 1 at City Hospital last night after, police said, he accidentally fired a 22 caliber slug into his head while examining a target pistol at the home of a relative in Roxbury.
Harry F. Crawley of 5 Aldrich st., Roslindale, went to the home of an aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Gilliland, at 9 Woodbine St., Roxbury, to examine the pistol, said police.
Mrs Gilliland said Crawley went to a second floor bedroom with the gun.
She said she was in the front room with her sister, Mrs. Agnes Lord, when they heard a loud noise from upstairs, according to police, Upon investigating, they found Crawley on the bedroom floor with the pistol near him. His name was placed on the danger list at hospital where, doctors said, the bullet entered about an above the right temple. Crawley's wife, Gloria, and their two children were at home at the time and were notified by police. He is attached to the cutter Casco Bay, now based at Constitution Wharf..

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