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On January 7, 2011, at dawn, Felani and her father attempted to scale the barbed-wire fence using a ladder. During the attempt, her clothing became entangled, leaving her stranded atop the fence. [6] [7] As Felani struggled to free herself, she was shot by BSF personnel, identified as Constable Amiya Ghosh. [8]
I. Barbed-Wire Fence-Makers 1. Threshold of Promise 2. Prelude to 1874 3. Incident at De Kalb 4. "Prior-Use" Fences 5. Promoting Barbed Wire 6. Moonshine and Monopoly 7. Patent Litigation 8. Barbed-Wire Barons. II. Barbed-Wire Fence-Builders 9. "This Cockeyed World of Cattle Fold" 10. "The Big Die-up" 11. "King of the Coasters" and Brother Jon 12.
U.S. patent 152,368 – Barbed-Wire Fences – "twisted wires and spirally interwoven metallic strip having projecting spurs" (June, 1874) U.S. patent 167,240 – Improvement in Wire-fence Barbs – "single piece of wire bent into the form of the letter S" so that both strands are clasped (August, 1875) This improvement was the foundation for ...
The outbreak of World War I led to a revolution in modern warfare, and the use of barbed wire on the battlefield was one of the many technologies relied upon to hamper the enemy's attack. Used by American cattle ranchers since the 1870s, barbed wire was adapted on the Western Front to serve a more gruesome purpose than containing livestock. [ 2 ]
After being kidnapped and driven to a remote area, Neiman stated that she would go to the police as soon as he released her. Lockett walked her into a ravine and had his accomplices help her over a barbed wire fence, where Lockett shot her from a distance of approximately six feet with a 1/4-ounce slug from a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun.
Colorado police are searching for a man they say was caught on surveillance video having sex with a horse boarded at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango.
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In April 1989, the Hungarian government ordered the electricity in the barbed-wire border fence along the Hungary–Austria border to be turned off. On 2 May, border guards began removing sections of the barrier – filmed by Western TV crews summoned for the occasion. [ 2 ]