On his first pull the bomb detonated and he only escaped possible fatal injury through the screening effect of the sandbags .
The friction on the tackle was too great and Sergeant Hollands entered the false roof over the bomb to pull from a nearer position .
On Hollands ' first pull bomb bomb detonated and he only escaped possible fatal injury through the screening effect of the sandbags .
The friction on the tackle was too great and Sergeant Hollands entered the false roof over the bomb to pull from a nearer position .