A SHELL EXPLODES.
EIGHT CHILDREN KILLED. THOUGHT IT WAS A DUD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York. July io. Watertown, New York, reports that a three-ihch shell (a dud) fired during artillery practice there at an encampment last summer exploded and killed i four boys and four girls, the eldest being fifteen. ' The manner of the explosion will pro- ; bably never be known, but it is bei lieved the children, who were playing croquet, struck the shell with a mallet. It is known other duds are about and the police and firemen are searching. It is stated the father of one of the youngsters had found the dud and was using it as a door weight on the back porch of his home, where the children played. The explosion shattered windows of houses in -the vicinity and in neighboring squares. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 7
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142A SHELL EXPLODES. Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 7
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