Be careful with Black Powder...You never know!

[XVIIc Wheelock]

On page 228 of the great book "Savage Kingdom"and I quote:
"Captain John Smith, rowed back to Jamestowne with his small company of men. That night, he decided to sleep on board the boat. As he lay on the deck, an autumn dew collection on the tarpaulin pulled over the shoulders, his gunpowder bag, which was slung from his belt, and lay in his lap, somehow ignited. The resulting explosion tore Smith's flesh 'from his body and thighs....in a most pitiful manner', removing a section of his midriff 'nine or ten inches square' including his genitals. To quench the
'tormenting fire frying him in his clothes', he threw himself overboard into the river, nearly drowning as his men struggled to pull him back into the boat.
'In this state, without either surgeon, or surgery he was to go near 60 miles' downriver reaching Jamestowne."

You see fellas...even back in the day sh_ _ can happen! Be careful!!

 

[deerstalkert]

smoking in bed?

 

[William Lincoln]

If **** can happen, it often does.

 

[Sam squanch]

That’s it. I’m getting some asbestos underwear when I go shooting.

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

That’s it. I’m getting some asbestos underwear when I go shooting.

The range officer surely will put up a warning sign: "Baby Huey is now on the line!!"

 

[Sam squanch]

Think about it. No modern medicine, no painkillers besides whisky. I think he was sent back to England.

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

I am thinking. Rowing back 60 miles without an outboard motor....I almost cry when I burn my hand on a skillet! And a 2 month sea voyage? Tough son of a gun...he almost met his doom earlier when the Indians had him tied up and were beating his head against a large rock when Pocahontas saved him! I think he was 27 at the time.

 

[Whitworth]

He didn't have the balls to do it again

 

[user 31257]

He was always going off half cocked…

 

[DementedMindOfJac]

On page 228 of the great book "Savage Kingdom"and I quote:
"Captain John Smith, rowed back to Jamestowne with his small company of men. That night, he decided to sleep on board the boat. As he lay on the deck, an autumn dew collection on the tarpaulin pulled over the shoulders, his gunpowder bag, which was slung from his belt, and lay in his lap, somehow ignited. The resulting explosion tore Smith's flesh 'from his body and thighs....in a most pitiful manner', removing a section of his midriff 'nine or ten inches square' including his genitals. To quench the
'tormenting fire frying him in his clothes', he threw himself overboard into the river, nearly drowning as his men struggled to pull him back into the boat.
'In this state, without either surgeon, or surgery he was to go near 60 miles' downriver reaching Jamestowne."

You see fellas...even back in the day sh_ _ can happen! Be careful!!

Sounds to me like the rest of 'em had had just about enough of him, the way I read sign.

 

[Feltwad]

Static electricity and nylon clothing are the worst enemy when carrying or using black powder .
Feltwad

 

[BillinOregon]

Smith survived this injury and did indeed return to England -- and lived another 22 years. His life story is simply astonishing.

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/hist... become a very,and sold into Turkish slavery.

 

[waksupi]

Sounds to me like the rest of 'em had had just about enough of him, the way I read sign.

Yep, he got fragged.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

They went back to the boat because that is where the run was.

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

Smith survived this injury and did indeed return to England -- and lived another 22 years. His life story is simply astonishing.

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/hist... become a very,and sold into Turkish slavery.

Bill you are correct...Captain John Smith was an amazing individual who I believe was the only one at that time who spoke Powhatan and saved the fort inhabitants from starvation many times over. His explorations and mapping were incredible. A real stand out in American history...!

 

[TobJohn]

Bill you are correct...Smith was an amazing individual who I believe was the only one at that time who spoke Powhatan and saved the fort inhabitants from starvation many times over. His explorations and mapping were incredible. A real stand out in American history...!

He is certainly impressive, but a lot of his biography is that John Smith is incredible... according to John Smith... particularly for his escapades before visiting America.

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

Also, if not for his writings, we would have very little history of Jamestown!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Static electricity and nylon clothing are the worst enemy when carrying or using black powder .
Feltwad

Please stop spreading myths ... the tests conducted here conclude that static electricity cannot cause black powdah to ignite ...

https://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html

 

[TobJohn]

The tests conducted here conclude that static electricity cannot cause black powdah to ignite ...

https://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html

Aren’t modern powders coated with graphite, specifically to protect them from static electricity? I could be very wrong though…

 

[Rifleman1776]

Smith survived this injury and did indeed return to England -- and lived another 22 years. His life story is simply astonishing.

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/hist... become a very,and sold into Turkish slavery.

I'll accept on faith the story is true. But, it sounds pretty fantastical to me.