UNEXPLODED SHELL.
U.S. MILITIAMEN KILLED
NEW YORK, August 14. A group of young militiamen at Fort Knox, Kentucky, found an unexploded shell and carried it to their camp as a curio. There it exploded, killing six and wounding two of the militiamen. Those killed were literally blown to bits. The commander said the young men had repeatedly been warned against the danger of picking up unexoloded sheik.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 9
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67UNEXPLODED SHELL. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 9
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