Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — MARY CHILDERS SLIGHTLY BURNED [ARTICLE]

MARY CHILDERS SLIGHTLY BURNED

In Gasloine StoTe Explosion Monday Morning. r-Miss Mary Childers, who is employed as an assistant in the kitchen in Duvall’s restaurant, was slightly injured Monday when a gasoline stove she was lighting exploded and ignited her skirts. Mr. Duvall, proprietor of the restaurant, was standing near by when the explosion occurred and writh wonderful presence of mind wrapped her quickly in a convenient blanket and smothered the > '-4ler flesh was schorched slightly about her limbs below the knees and her hands slightly burned, but they are not serious, and will incapacitate her for a few days only.