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Foreign News
November 1, 1850
The Lancaster Gazette
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio
What is this article about?
News from India reports that a massive 14-foot gun from the deserted Mahratta city of Belgaum, weighing a 3000-pound ball, is to be brought to England as a trophy, exceeding Commodore Stockton's gun. It was fired once, with legends of its ball still flying.
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By the last news from India it would seem that the gun at Belgaum--once a famous Mahratta city, but now deserted--is about to be brought to England as a trophy. It beats Commodore Stockton's big gun all hollow. The length of the piece is fourteen feet, circumference five, and the weight of the ball it carries is 3000 pounds. The piece was never fired but once; and the natives not only say that the sound of the report alarmed the inhabitants for two hundred miles around, but that the ball is still flying! It should be hoped that it may not come our way. Three thousand pounds of iron bounding ricocheting along through a country would be apt to hurt somebody--Cleveland Herald.
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Belgaum Gun
Mahratta City
Colonial Trophy
India News
Historical Cannon
What entities or persons were involved?
Commodore Stockton
Where did it happen?
Belgaum, India
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Belgaum, India
Key Persons
Commodore Stockton
Outcome
gun to be brought to england as trophy
Event Details
The gun at Belgaum, once a famous Mahratta city now deserted, is about to be brought to England as a trophy. It is 14 feet long, 5 feet in circumference, and fires a 3000-pound ball. Fired only once, its report alarmed inhabitants 200 miles around, and natives claim the ball is still flying.