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Sesqui Blast Kills Pageant BystanderIt was supposed to dramatize the “end of the world.” It was designed to be spectacular — and harmless.BUT A FREAK fireworks explosion opening the second night of Sandusky’s Sesquicentennial pageant sent sharpnel-like metal shredding into an(SEE OBITUARY ON PAGE 6)audience of 700 Wednesday night at Strobel Field, killing a young Huron expectant mother and seriously injuring two others.DEAD IS Mrs. Donald E. Hamer, 29, of 3410 Boss Rd., Huron.In critical condition today at Elyria Memorial Hospital is Mrs. David K. Seitz, 42, of 317 E. Parish St.She underwent cranial surgery last night, suffering severe face and head injuries.1're a ted at Good Samaritan Hospital was Sheryl Dearth, 19, of 2811 Sunset Lane. She sustained facial lacerations when struck by flying debris.TWO OTHER members of the audience were also treated at Good Samaritan for shock.Mrs. Hamer, mother of a young son and carrying her second child, was apparently killed instantly when a three-inch wedge-shaped piece of metal from the exploding exhibit slammed into her head, partially decapitating her.She had been seated with her family in the stadium’s center section, police said, some 170 feet from the stand on which the giant metal globe suddenly erupted at 9:45 p.m., five minutes after the mammoth pageant got under way.OFFICERS this morning theorized that the ex-—Continued on Page 6MRS. DONALD HAMER
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Sandusky Register
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Thu, Jun 20, 1968
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