Piece of artillery crashes into home in Jefferson Twp.

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: Star Ledger NJ

A piece of artillery apparently misfired yesterday from the Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County and landed about 2½ miles away, crashing into the roof of a house in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township and onto a child's bed, authorities said.

No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred between 2 and 3 p.m., but the family cat was killed, Jefferson police said.

Picatinny officials said last evening they are investigating the incident. Officials from the base sent an explosive ordnance team to the home to investigate.


Picatinny officials said tonight they are investigating the incident. Officials from the base sent an explosive ordnance team to the home to investigate.

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[TomInTib]

1. "I told that cat to stay off of that bed."

Poor cat.

I guess it just wasn't its lucky day.

[Ian David]

2. I used to be able to hear the shelling at Picatinny from where I used to live.

And the morning of my High School graduation, we were awaken by the explosion of the Hercules Powder Plant.

[Dr.Phool]

3. I've heard of cat haters, but that's a little extreme.

Who told Bill Frist he could play with the howitzer?

[tanyev]

4. Poor kitty.

:cry:

[kestrel91316]

5. Oh, jeez. I hate to hear about cats getting hurt.

Have to see enough kitties at work with booboos or needlessly dead.

And this was needless. WHY IN HELL do we have to make war all the frickin' time?????

[daleo]

6. A "piece of artillery" went flying 2.5 miles?

By "piece of artillery", do they mean "artillery shell"?

[poppysgal]

7. at least

and thank God the child wasn't hurt. Too bad about the cat though.:cry:

[YDogg]

8. jesus christ. now we bomb new jersians?

/lived in jersey
//dunno what exit

[sudopod]

9. If we don't bomb New Jersey

The terrorist win. :p

[ramapo]

10. That is bad luck

That poor cat was in the wrong place at the wrong time...

[FarCenter]

11. Bad Luck?

It's called "collateral damage". Have to put up with a little collateral damage from time to time if we're going to win the "war on terra".

Actually, it wasn't a piece of artillery either -- it was a piece of shrapnel from an exploded artillery shell.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Poor kitty...

Rest in peace... :cry:

I'll bet that little girl feels terrible...