My firework tale (true). If too long, please skip!
Dawson Ga., Dec. probably about 1960 I would have been 12, my cousin 15. Out at their farm, both dads, cousin and I... 2 big boxes of fireworks, M80s, cheery bombs, down to the little firecrackers, Roman candles, etc. Well it was Dec. cold and Xmas down there was celebrated with fireworks, way more so back then then the 4th. We had a small fire to help keep from freezing. We were firing off the small crackers right and left! Some how a spark got into one of the boxes from the fire maybe????!!! or from a firecracker. My cousin screams everybody run and we all did. We I got a few feet away and I tripped over some plants and fell on my face. Everybody else was still running away as both boxes blew at the same instance.
I had a nice hole in my winter jacket but it did not hit skin. My cousin was at the hospital getting small gravel and pieces of the metal flashlite dug out of 3 good size deep holes in his thigh. Dad had a couple of smaller holes, Uncle W.J. got away clean!!
As Pa had gone thru WW11, USMC Aviation, he mentioned that blast was just like a bomb going off, right in your lap. I remember the blast being so bright, it was like I had starred at the sun too long!
Please be safe all!
