Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — Used Coal on to Start Fire; Badly Burned About the Face. [ARTICLE]

Used Coal on to Start Fire; Badly Burned About the Face.

John Braddock was quite badly burned about the face thiZ Saturday morning at the Maxwell garage. He went to the garage early and was trying to hasten the fire to burn by putting a little coal oil on it A gas formed before the oil ignited and then there was an explosion which forced the flame out of the stove door and across John's face. His hair was singed about the edges of his cap’and his face was badly ..blistered, Eta-«dlL probably be laid up for some little time at the home of bis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Yeoman. Bari Saylor arrived in Rensselaer this morning from Remington, where he had remained over night with Clyde Reeve. Earl now livee at Fargo, N, Dak., where he works tor a wholesale stationery company. He brought his mother through with him to Washington, 111., where she will live for a time with her son Eugene. Earl will make only a short visit here with his wife’s parents, Mr. and lips. I. A. Leave!, and he experts to start back to Fargo Monday.