Cannonball With Explosives Found in Hull Home

HULL, MA — A state police bomb squad was called to Hingham after a cannonball was found inside a home in Hull.

At about 9:10 a.m., police responded to a home on Nantasket Avenue after the homeowner found a 19th-century cannonball in a box of antiques. Police say the homeowner was doing some spring cleaning when he came upon a box of antiques he purchased about a year ago. While going through the box, he found the cannonball, which appeared to have an in tact fuse attached, police said.

The cannonball was placed on the lawn. The state police bomb squad and technicians removed the cannonball and performed a safe, controlled detonation at the town landfill. Based on the results of the detonation, it is believed that the cannonball was live ordinance and contained explosives, police said.

No one was injured.

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