The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Freaks of a cannon ball.

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Freaks of a cannon ball.

--A ball fired from a cannon which was being tried on Saturday at the Tredegar Iron Works, made a circuit in the air and came down through the roof of the city pump-house a long distance off. Passing through two floors and a floor beam, it narrowly grazed one of the large water-wheels, and then spent its force against the rocks forming the foundation of the building. The ball passed through a room in which the officers of the pump-house very often assemble, but luckily it was untensuted at the time.

The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 30, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Freaks of a cannon ball.