Posted on 06/17/2017 3:31:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A person looking to sell a 1913 World War I device at a South Whitehall Township church yard sale attracted police instead of buyers.
Township police were called Friday morning for the suspicious package at the Asbury Church, 1533 Springhouse Road, police Sgt. Ron Scholler said.
A person not known to the church or police had brought a 1913 World War I device to sell. In an abundance of caution, the Allentown Bomb Squad was called to handle the item, Scholler said.
By 3 p.m., the bomb squad had taken the device away and the scene was cleared.
The church's yard sale runs until 8 tonight, and resumes 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
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What was the device?
I guess it could have been made in 1913 and used in WWI, but that war started in 1914.
One of those tiny bombs you tossed from the cockpit of a Spad?
WWI didn’t begin until 1914 and the US didn’t enter the war until 1917. 1913 could perhaps be described as “World War I era.”
What difference does it make what it was? It scared someone, cannot be too careful, you know how squirtguns panic them.
Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com 1 day agoThe officer I spoke with didn't know exactly what was found. And I was breaking news about a gang-related murder of a teen, and couldn't make it out there.
Wonder Woman’s chastity belt?
Sarah should find another line of work.
When I was a kid, I found a WW II era souvenir my father had in the basement of our home on Long Island, NY.
It was a small (10 inch long) silvery-colored “bomb” with fins. It had a hollow tube down the middle. I don’t know if it was a practice bomb dropped from a small airplane or what, but it was heavy.
One day, my cousin was visiting from another part of Long Island. She walked into the inner, unfinished portion of the basement where my father had a workbench. The “bomb” was nearby, so I picked it up and told my cousin, “If I drop this, there’s going to be an explosion!”
My cousin screamed, and then she ran away with her arms flailing like a bat out of hell. Great fun!
In the present day, my cousin has been an elementary school teacher on Long Island for many years and has grown children. She is also a conservative, and she and her husband both voted for Trump.
OTOH, there are also stories of US Civil War-era shells still being dug up, or acquired at garage sales that explode when placed near an active fireplace.
Some kind of detonator, apparently.
Even unexploded hollow shells filled with black powder from our Civil War can detonate if moisture hasn’t entered. Chemistry is chemistry and explosives can become less stable over time. Best to be cautious with anything designed to detonate and kill folks with flying steel.
"...in other news,a red thing was seen in a blue box wrapped in plastic along with a empty swizzlers package outside of Bosco's used tire and lug nut shop"
I used to ride my bicycle
With No HANDS!
My Mother was Not impressed.
I’d buy that for a dollar!
To avoid any panic, they should have called it a “Matter” and not a “Device” according to former U.S. AG Loretta Lynch.
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This has that unmistakable aroma of BS.
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Yeah, makes you wonder what will turn up in yard sales around Los Alamos in twenty or thirty years.
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