RNB65
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... on a cannonball.
Here's a follow-up on a local story from a few months ago. Dude blew himself up with a Civil War cannonball. Call it a self-inflicted accident/lack of common sense.
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-08-11-0191.html
Here's a follow-up on a local story from a few months ago. Dude blew himself up with a Civil War cannonball. Call it a self-inflicted accident/lack of common sense.
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-08-11-0191.html
Spark ignited deadly cannonball explosion in Chesterfield
Monday, Aug 11, 2008 - 11:01 AM Updated: 12:00 PM
An investigation by federal explosives experts concludes that a Civil War relic hunter killed by an explosion in February was cleaning a 9-inch cannonball when a spark ignited the ancient ordnance.
The investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found that 53-year-old Sam White was working on the cannonball in his Chesterfield County driveway with a grinding tool.
The tool ignited gunpowder residue, which exploded the shell. The blast killed White and sent a portion of the cannonball one-quarter of a mile away and through the roof of another Chester home.
Bill Dunham of the ATF said today there was evidence the shell had been made inert, but there was still enough explosive powder within its chamber to explode.