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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], Shocking Accident (search)
Shocking Accident --A Warning.--In Petersburg, Va, on Friday, Mr. Wm. D. Poland and Jno. C. Ezell were dreadfully injured by the explosion of a shell. The case should be a warning to those who delight in handling relics from the battle field. The Express says: Mr. Ezell had been presented by a friend with one of thoseMr. Ezell had been presented by a friend with one of those huge shells, thrown from a nine inch reified cannon, weighing over one hundred pounds, which he wished to preserve in his house as a curiosity and as a memento of this unholy war. To keep it with safety, he resolved to take the cap off and remove the powder, so that thereafter there could result no accident from its handling. Fore Striking flint against steel — a spark of fire was struck, which of course rapidly ignited the powder, both around and in the shell, and caused the explosion. Mr. Ezell had his right leg horribly shattered below the knee, and the entire flesh of the left leg, below the knee, turn off and scattered around him. One of his hands wa