ilr T. B. Salter, of New Plymouth, -.as'a fragment of one of the shells fired mto Scarborough by the German "babykillers," says the "Taranaki Herald." This fragment of shell was sent out by JVIr Salter's father, who writes that the scraps' are' being collected .as. souvenirs, t-hfese being the first shells ever (fired, in •war on the English. coast. It was estimated that oVer'soo' shells were fireil in all. Mr Salter's brother is a dentist in Scarborough, and his- business premises were badly shaken. ' But two doors away the front- of a building was- almost Mown in.. ; '■'.■'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1915, Page 2
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97Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1915, Page 2
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