DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Soldier Sends Hand Grenades As Gift. EXPLOSION KILLS PARENTS. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) WARSAW, ." -.gust 28. An extraordinary double tragedy resulted from a soldier posting five hand grenades to his parents. He suggested that the contents of the parcel would be useful for fishing. While the puzzled recipients of the grenades were examining them one exploded. They were both killed and iflie home waa badly damaged,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 204, 29 August 1928, Page 7
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69DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 204, 29 August 1928, Page 7
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