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st this citj' to whom he has become : attached during this time.Ldb-i1-id17inieceCROSS AND HURST WEREKILLED AT SAME TIMEtd LETTER FROM PLEAS GREEN* id, LEE STATES FRANK HUNTINGTON WAS HURT.h.Paul Cross and Bernard Hurst er were killed by the explosion of the re same shell, and, at the same time,Frank R. Huntington, another Shel-byville boy, was wounded, accord-al ing to a letter from Pdeas E. in Greenlee, received here today. Mr. r' Greenlee was at the base hospital ls_ at the time of the causualty, but as he received the information from ry the sergeant of the battery, who n was present with the battery at the iel time, but was taken to the base tj,esta prrye :abovt Mr. their and H( doub state ceive sion the ? to 7 not i no phadEastagrexandwoultry t■wasthe :adopT1thatfurn:haulmen or cl barlt T1 thre: Easttionthis will to rofmeithIve?ntus-ofofberlifedielveeirrenon,herhearn~ hospital on June 10. The wounds ,ra of Frank Huntington were not se-pe* rious or he would have been gazetted as wounded in the list by the government. Mr. Greenlee’s letter is as follows:• June 11, 1918.HDear John Day: j I am now' at Base Hospital No.| 32, having been sent here May 27.; The method of * treating the gas fQ wounds are considerably like taking jt the rest cure. What prompted me enoi to write you this note was the news tof0I of the death of Paul Cross and Ber- wa3 nard Hurst and the wounding of ner Frank Huntington. j doulOur fourth gun blew up last Wednesday killing the two‘boys and wounding Frank. Corporal Stiers was the acting chief of section,Paul Cross was acting No. 1 man firing the piece and Bernard Hurst was acting gunner, handling the sights. The shell exploded in the gun, tearing the gun to pieces. Paul was instantly killed, the breechblock flying open and striking him in the chest. Bernard lost both of his hands, and one of his legs was broken in two places. He died on his way to the hospital. I got this awful news yesterday, from one of the battery sergeants, who was brought up here to Base Hospital fror No. 31. I day| This accident happened in the this ng, same pit, where the Shelby county ble boys got gased. The picture of the feetNENOMIi gun was in the Indianapolis Star, othi ! in May, which r have already writ- j the 1 i ten you about concerning George ( F er Birely, Earl Stiers and Clyde Moore, lin, are I got a dandy letter rrom Joe chaindbio.Vayof , ofller:an-Avery, who is now a second lieu- of tenant, and I answered it right mai away. I know Joe will make good andVas an officer. is iI will write you a long letter in it i a few days. As ever, ingPLEAS.andthe
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Shelbyville Shelby Democrat
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 04, 1918
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