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December 24, 1904
The Savannah Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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In Detroit, Mich., Thomas E. Barnes' wife was killed by the explosion of a navy shell her family had kept as a curio and used for cracking nuts and as a paperweight for years.
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TO CRACK NUTS WITH The Barnes' Had Used the One Pounder Cartridge.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 23.—Thomas E. Barnes, whose wife was instantly killed in their home here yesterday by the explosion of an "one pounder" shell, to-day told a remarkable story of the history of the shell.
It had been in his wife's family, he said, for a number of years before her marriage her brother, William Mahu, having brought it home as a curio when he was an apprentice in the navy.
When Miss Mahu was married to Barnes she brought the shell to her new home with her other possessions.
Mr. Barnes says he has used it repeatedly to crack nuts with, that the family used it for a paper weight and that both the children used it for a rattle.
"There was something inside," he said, that rattled, and the children would amuse themselves shaking it. I have seen it fall out of the baby cab to the floor many times. During all these years there was never a suspicion that it was not an empty shell like three similar cartridges that had been in my wife's family."
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 23.—Thomas E. Barnes, whose wife was instantly killed in their home here yesterday by the explosion of an "one pounder" shell, to-day told a remarkable story of the history of the shell.
It had been in his wife's family, he said, for a number of years before her marriage her brother, William Mahu, having brought it home as a curio when he was an apprentice in the navy.
When Miss Mahu was married to Barnes she brought the shell to her new home with her other possessions.
Mr. Barnes says he has used it repeatedly to crack nuts with, that the family used it for a paper weight and that both the children used it for a rattle.
"There was something inside," he said, that rattled, and the children would amuse themselves shaking it. I have seen it fall out of the baby cab to the floor many times. During all these years there was never a suspicion that it was not an empty shell like three similar cartridges that had been in my wife's family."
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Shell Explosion
Detroit Accident
Navy Curio
Family Death
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas E. Barnes
William Mahu
Where did it happen?
Detroit, Mich.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Detroit, Mich.
Event Date
Dec. 22
Key Persons
Thomas E. Barnes
William Mahu
Outcome
thomas e. barnes' wife was instantly killed by the explosion of the shell.
Event Details
Thomas E. Barnes' wife was killed in their home by the explosion of a 'one pounder' shell that had been in her family as a curio brought home by her brother William Mahu from the navy. The family used it to crack nuts, as a paper weight, and the children used it as a rattle.