http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 13 October 2010 COOGAN story ____________________________________________________________________ appearing in "Saturday Budget" [QC], 16 NOV 1878, PAGE 6: [...] The particulars of the fatal shooting accident which occurred at North Wakefield, on Sunday last, are as follows: Dennis Downey, a young man working in the shanty, went out, on Sunday morning, to shoot some partidges. He arrived at the stump near a rollway of logs, Coogan at the time being behind the stump. Downey, not knowing anyone to be there, fired his gun just as Coogan rose, killing him instantly. Coogan was the eldest son of old Jonathan Coogan, the cooper, at North Wakefield. http://news.google.com ____________________________________________________________________