SHELL DUMP TRAGEDIES.
NINE CHILDREN KILLED.
12 RECEIVE INJURIES. Renter. PARIS. Feb.' IS. Advices from Mayence state that the dangers lurking in various spots a s a result of the war are shown by two disasters. Children were playing round a dump near Friedland when a shell burst, killing nine.
A similar accident occurred at Perigeux. Some children were examining the fuse of a shell which was still charged when tho fuse exploded and 12 were wounded, five seriously. A schoolmaster was wounded, necessitating the amputation of an arm.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18016, 15 February 1922, Page 7
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89SHELL DUMP TRAGEDIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18016, 15 February 1922, Page 7
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