Word: cannoned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hoss shay of the ordnance on display. He patted it lovingly, sternly told photographers who had snapped him peering down the barrel of a rifle a short while before that he would not pose looking down this barrel. "You don't look down the barrel of a cannon," said he, "you might get your head shot...
Since that time some 15 attempts have been made to salvage the Florencia's treasure. They yielded handfuls of gold and silver coin, a cannon designed by Benvenuto Cellini, the skeleton of a boy, some silver plate etched with Spanish arms, religious medals, ammunition and boarding pikes. But under the silt of years the bulk of the Spanish treasure still, presumably, lies where it sank, tucked securely "beneathe ye sell of ye gunroome...
Franconia (Cannon)--3-30 total with 6 powder surface. Light snow falling. Skiing good all trails...
John Sheehan of Wigglesworth, catcher, and Holyoke's Paul "Cannon Ball" Martin, pitcher, make up the battery. Martin's famous balloon ball is so effective that by the time it gets to the batter, "he's too old to appreciate...
Franconis, (Cannon)--7-40 with less than 1 inch wet surface. Sleeting. Upper and lower trails fair, slope good...