PRACTICE BOMB EXPLODES
BOY INJURED ON AIR RANGE IGNORED WARNING NOTICES (P.A.) WELLINGTON. April 19. A schoolboy, Peter McLatchie, aged 14, was injured on a bombing range used bv the Uoyal New Zealand Air Force near an hast Coast town, when a small practice bomb he picked up exploded. A similar accident occurred about six months ago, and warning notices were prominently placed around the edges of the bombing range, which is a danger area. The boy had entered the range wtth a companion at a point where a warning notice stood, and the two boys actually passed a second notice when -crossing to the target area on the range, which was not .'being used at the time. Small practice hombs do not contain high explosive, but have a certain amount of explosive material and a detonator, and are therefore dangerous to handle if found unexp'.oded. The Air Department states that a strong warning should be given by parents to boys of the danger "from unexployed hombs in such areas. In McLatchie's case the explosion injured the boy's eyes, and he is being flown to Wellington to-day for medicaf treatment.
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Evening Star, Issue 24483, 19 April 1943, Page 2
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190PRACTICE BOMB EXPLODES Evening Star, Issue 24483, 19 April 1943, Page 2
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