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Scrap Worker Accidentally Fires Howitzer
Yahoo/Reuters ^
| 9-13-02
Posted on 09/13/2002 11:18:04 AM PDT by SJackson
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian scrap metal worker destroyed two roofs and singed his face when he cut into a 1940s howitzer and accidentally fired off a shell no one had noticed was lodged inside, local media reported Thursday.
Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported the worker had heated the metal by cutting the gun and had triggered the shell, which flew about 800 yards. It said there were no other casualties in the central Ukrainian city of Berdychiv.
The news agency also said the company had paid for repairs to the roofs but work at the scrap yard had been stopped after local prosecutors launched a criminal investigation.
Ukraine, situated between Russia and an expanding European Union ( news - web sites), has a huge arsenal of rusting weapons, which often end up in the country's dozens of scrap yards.
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To: Jonah Hex
He could get in trouble if he cut that barrel down to less than 18 feet.
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posted on
09/14/2002 4:50:27 PM PDT
by
tet68
To: SJackson
The mother of all NDs...
To: Glutton
Your story reminded me of when I was about 10 years old and wildly excited about going shooting with my dad. He instructed us with the safety rules but in my haste to pick up more brass than my brother I stepped in front of my dad on the firing line and caught a size 13 Cochran in my ear...haven't had that problem since...:O)
To: SJackson
I see Homer Simpson finally found work outside the Nuclear Power Plant!
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posted on
09/14/2002 6:05:11 PM PDT
by
Area51
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To: blau993
Fortunately, Bob Barr made his gaffe with a lower caliber weapon. Can you source your statement?
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posted on
09/17/2002 9:36:12 AM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: SSN558
I had a similar, less injurious, event when I was a kid. My father, an avid junkyard hunter, wanted to remove a few parts from a prize he'd found, but needed something to stand on to reach high enough. I came gallumphing along with this big metal thing that seemed tall and sturdy enough. He just stared at me, probably wondering why his son had just brought him a gas tank to stand on while he was using a cutting torch. Then he started laughing, and let me in on the 'joke'. *sigh*
Well, at least I found out what a gas tank looks like! =^)
To: cinFLA
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posted on
09/17/2002 11:38:23 AM PDT
by
blau993
To: SJackson
WHAT HAPPEN?
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posted on
09/17/2002 11:41:18 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
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