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| Leg lost in cannon blast |
| 2002-09-13 |
| A MAN who tried to fire a plaster-filled beer can from a homemade cannon lost a leg in a blast that peppered a car with shrapnel and exploded a gas cylinder, a Perth hospital said. Stoopid is something that's going around today, isn't it? The 52-year-old suffered severe burns and shrapnel injuries to both legs after trying to fire a can of Emu Draught from a metre-long pipe mounted on a metal plate last weekend. The makeshift gunpowder-filled cannon backfired, shooting hot metal and plaster shrapnel through the man's legs before blasting through a metal shed and a caravan. The man remains in Royal Perth Hospital in a stable condition. Physically stable, anyway... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Lord God, Who has graciously chosen Saint Dymphna to be the patroness of those afflicted with mental and nervous disorders, and has caused her to be an inspiration and a symbol of charity to the thousands who invoke her intercession, grant through the prayers of this pure, youthful martyr, relief and consolation to all who suffer from these disturbances, and especially to those for whom we now pray. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-13 22:26:39 |
| #1 Do we say a prayer for him to: a. St. Barbara- patron saint of artillery men, or b. St. Elmo- patron saint of lost causes? |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2002-09-13 21:43:09 |