Get away from death for a moment (colour litho)

Get away from death for a moment. After placing two powerful explosive charges to blow up the banks of the Polesella Trench in the Polesine and lighting the related fuses, two Genius officers and a motorist were unable to put in motion the outboard, they had oars. The planned half-hour safety step and they were still scrambling around the engine. Only thirty seconds before the scheduled time for the explosion, the outboard was finally decided to start. So that the three barely saved themselves, while being hit by the displacement of air and a rain of debris that fortunately had no serious consequences. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 9 December 1951.