CHILDREN'S FATAL TOY.
BOY DISMEMBERED AND TWO GIRLS SERIOUSLY INJURED. I—j1—j t i rf United Press Association. (Received 10 a.m.) Brisbane, April 13. Three children, William Muril, Doris Muril, and Nettie Davidson were ing together when a terrific explosion was heard. It was discovered that the boy had . both hands blown off, his neck was • broken, and he had received wounds on the body. The child Davidson was critically in- | jured in the leg and abdomen. The other child was badly bruised. It appears the boy was playing on the banks of the river and found a live shell, which, when the latter tampered ,| with it, exploded.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 84, 13 April 1915, Page 5
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107CHILDREN'S FATAL TOY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 84, 13 April 1915, Page 5
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