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Warwick Castle cannonball show sets fire to medieval boathouse (Ooops)
The Telegraph ^
| 04-10-2015
| Nicola Harley
Posted on 04/10/2015 1:54:31 PM PDT by NRx
Hundreds of tourists have been evacuated from Warwick Castle after a burning cannonball fired from the world's largest working siege machine destroyed a medieval boathouse by fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: britain; godsgravesglyphs; medieval; middleages; warwickcastle
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:54:31 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: NRx
Investigations are taking place at the Castle into the cause of the blaze. I'm going to guess it was a burning cannonball.
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:56:20 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I'm a radical feminist. Galatians 3:28)
To: NRx
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:56:51 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
The Earl won’t be launching a boat any time soon.
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:57:59 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I'm a radical feminist. Galatians 3:28)
To: Tax-chick
Was it a “hot shot”?
It was sometimes done where a red hot cannonball
was fired to start a conflagration.
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:59:16 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: NRx
Well, it worked. Quite well actually.
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posted on
04/10/2015 1:59:44 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: tet68
The article says “burning” and a witness said “flaming.”
Of course, the same witness said the event was “quite scary” to children, when a better observer would have said “quite a lot of fun.” There’s nothing kids enjoy more than a good fire.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:02:52 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I'm a radical feminist. Galatians 3:28)
To: tet68
Full flames seem to be the normal. Part of the show. Just being hot wouldn't excite the tourists.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:03:42 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: NRx
Blimey! That weren’t good.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:06:22 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Pontiac
apparently not very accurate though
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:07:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: NRx
Somehow the movie THE WAR LORD with Charlton Heston comes to mind.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:08:03 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
( NEVER trust a politician with your firearm rights!)
To: NRx; SunkenCiv
I don’t know why this building is referred to as “medieval” when it was built in 1896. Looks like it was a very attractive thatch roof that was lost, though.
To: GeronL
Well how accurate do you have to be to hit the broadside of a castle?
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:11:19 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
they hit the boathouse, kind of answers that question.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:13:07 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: Tax-chick
“quite scary” to children....
The adult wimped out and bricked it, as the kids rushed forward with bangers on sticks. :)
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:13:32 PM PDT
by
moose07
(Islam and the New Stone age: A book i've not yet written.)
To: NRx
The historic boathouse, which was destroyed in the blaze, dates back to 1896 when the 5th Earl, Frances Greville, had it built to house an electric boat which he powered by batteries charged from the electricity generated by the castle's mill. 1896 is medieval? Built in the style of a medieval boathouse, maybe. Been to Warwick castle, the trebuchet show is quite a sight.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:14:38 PM PDT
by
sharkhawk
(Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
To: NRx
Warwick Castle is a great place. Glad it was only the boat house.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:16:26 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: NRx
Warwick Castle is a great place. Glad it was only the boat house.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:16:26 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: NRx
Warwick Castle is a great place. Glad it was only the boat house.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: NRx
Warwick Castle is a great place. Glad it was only the boat house.
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posted on
04/10/2015 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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