Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-04-01 | Page 2 | Big Gun is 60 Feet in Length |

Type	issue
Date	1918-04-01
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Big Gun is 60 Feet in Length
Type	article
Date	1918-04-01
Paper	Ogden Daily Standard
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	2
OCR Text	Show BIG GUN IS 68 ; FEETINLEiTH I PARIS, March 31. At the servbes I this morning tho churche were even more crowded than 13 usual on jOastt r Sunday. I No unexploded she) from a gun I bombarding Paris has thus far been 'found. However, there have been examined ex-amined in Ihe municipal laboratory ; fragments of sufficient size to permit the directors to reach certain tonclu-Islons tonclu-Islons They are of the opinion that a i ! double fuse Is used and thai the guns fire 210 millimeters (8'4 inch) shells. Apparently four guns are being used. I two on euch alternate Ja The lubes of the guns, which are rifle guns, are ; more than sixty feet long. I The installation and adjustment of. 'ihe guns must require at least three , months. Poubtless they are concealed (under mountains of cemmt, rendering j it most difficult to locate and destroy! them
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