Shelby  County  Indiana
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Hertzel

The  Miami  Herald  Record
May 30, 1915
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TERSE  TELEGRAPHIC  NEWS:
Then It Happened
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          Shelbyville, Ind. -- Christian Hertzel, 18 years old, rammed gunpowder in a section of gas pipe with a bolt today.  The pounding process ignited the powder, the gas pipe was blown to bits and the boy's right hand was blown off.
Contributed by John Addison Ballard

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