Hi Alexander -- on Nov 07 2019 at 08:53, you wrote:

AK> child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.


AK> I wonder -- what did the boy do? ;-)

a "torpedo" in this context and time was slang for a firecracker that was
exploded by the weight of the train wheels. In theory, it did no damage.


Cheers... Dallas

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