A FINAL SHOT
An old cannon, raised from the bottom of Algoa Bay* South Africa, where it had lain for a century, has gone off by itself and shot a man in the thigh. A dredger brought the rusty, saltencrus.ted relic to.the surface, and for want of something better to do a number of wharf hands, armed with hammers and chisels, started to clean it. They were soon able to trace the figures "104," a capital "S," and the word "Bowling. 11 When the muzzle had been cleaned of its covering of shells, they" found a stout -wooden tampion firmly' wedged in the ;s£-in bore. Using his' chisel as a lever, one man began to ease it out Suddenly, with a miniature explosion, it shot from the gun and struck him on the thigh so hard that he had to. receive, first aid, . i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1937, Page 16
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144A FINAL SHOT Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1937, Page 16
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