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Show Giant Cap Explodes Destroyes One Eye. Willie, five-year-old ton of Mrs. Ida Pulley Shelton had a very close call to loosing both eyes, when he exploded a' giant cap by hitting it with a rock Irst S.turday. Tho little fellow with another plaj-ma'.e plaj-ma'.e knew of the explrsives bclrg in tho barii, where ho had been warned ajainst them several months ago. The boys climbed up some how and secured them, and placing them in their pocki Is went down the street about a block, when oung Shelton lay ono of the caps down nnd struck it with a rocK lie was leaning over it when it cXloi-el. cXloi-el. Ho received the full force of the explosion in the face. A doctor was summoned as soon as possible and fiur.d that the one eye was entirely destroyed and thkt from all appearances the other one was also destroyed. As soon as could be arranged the little suffer. -r was taken to Fait Lake C ty, whero he could get tho lest medical med-ical attention In a hospital. Ho was taken un in M. O'. Randolph's auto, accompanied by his grandmother, Mrs. C. W. Pulley. After a cf re u examination under the x-ray the' w 1 co.no news was phoned to the awiiling mother, that ho would have the use cf ono eye. Ho has done fine in the hoapital. a little hero with the nurses- and other Eatienta, and will soon be able to be rought home. |