which contained 118 mortar shells to be used to set off fireworks. Post Office officials notified police Sept. 7 that there was a partially torn box with black plastic tubes visible. The shipping ...

Southington man charged with making illegal fireworks was seriously injured by one of his own Another incident involved a 43-year-old who was lighting a mortar-style device when the tube tipped ...

Some rain is forecast this evening, but it won’t affect the hundreds of fireworks shells in mortar tubes waiting to be shot from a barge in the Delaware River. “We can fire in the rain.