The Archive · 1937

Hand-Grenade Explodes

A Chinese beggar was wounded in tone arm and hand shortly before 2 pan, on -Janumy 10 when a hand-Grenade exploded in Jessfield Vill-Age, The beggar had touched the grenade while searching a dustbin, He was taken to the Chinese Red Cross Hospital in a Fire Brigade ambulance.. Hand-grenades are lying large timbers in fields, vacant grounds, damaged dwelling pauses and factories in the Youtside roads' area west of the railway, where they were left by the ret forces, They are. mainly "potato masher" type, although Mills bombs also have been found, as well as unexploded shells, including trench-mortar missiles.

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