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March 19, 1878
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
What is this article about?
Two boys, Freddie Phipps and Forest Talbot, severely burned their faces in a small cannon explosion on the prairie after reloading misfired powder, singeing hair and eyebrows but avoiding serious injury.
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Severely Burned.
Freddie Phipps and Forest Talbot organized a Battery yesterday, and took their field gun out into the field, or prairie. It was a small cannon, but it was bad. After they got out where there was no possibility of destroying houses, they loaded the piece, and lighting the fuse hastily retreated in good order. They put their hands in their ears, expecting every moment to be deafened by the terrible explosion. But the explosion didn't explode, and the two boys, after giving the cannon a reasonable length of time to go off, primed it anew, spilling considerable powder on the ground by the cannon. When they lit the fuse, it fell into the loose powder, over which they were stooping, and in a moment it exploded, burned the two boys severely. Their hair and eyebrows were singed, and their faces severely blistered, but luckily neither were seriously injured.
Freddie Phipps and Forest Talbot organized a Battery yesterday, and took their field gun out into the field, or prairie. It was a small cannon, but it was bad. After they got out where there was no possibility of destroying houses, they loaded the piece, and lighting the fuse hastily retreated in good order. They put their hands in their ears, expecting every moment to be deafened by the terrible explosion. But the explosion didn't explode, and the two boys, after giving the cannon a reasonable length of time to go off, primed it anew, spilling considerable powder on the ground by the cannon. When they lit the fuse, it fell into the loose powder, over which they were stooping, and in a moment it exploded, burned the two boys severely. Their hair and eyebrows were singed, and their faces severely blistered, but luckily neither were seriously injured.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Disaster
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Cannon Accident
Boys Burned
Powder Explosion
Prairie Mishap
What entities or persons were involved?
Freddie Phipps
Forest Talbot
Where did it happen?
Prairie
Story Details
Key Persons
Freddie Phipps
Forest Talbot
Location
Prairie
Story Details
Freddie Phipps and Forest Talbot organized a battery and took a small cannon to the prairie, where it failed to fire initially; reloading caused loose powder to ignite, severely burning their faces, singeing hair and eyebrows, but neither seriously injured.