Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1912 — Another Gasoline Stove Blaze. [ARTICLE]

Another Gasoline Stove Blaze.

A small blaze at the home of S. W. Williams, west of town, was started Sunday by a cooking jet on a gasoline atove. Mrs. Williams lit the stove, not noticing that the gasoline had leaked out a half a gallon that had run over the tabio into a basket of clothes and onto the floor. She took a towel and started to wipe the fluid off the stove, when it caught fire, burning her face, hands and right side and limbs. Mr. Williams was at the barn and saw the blaze coming out the window. Mrs. Williams took the stove out in the dooryard. One of the boys took the clothing, the other threw two gallons of milk, a bucket of water, a tank of water, a pot of coffee and tea and a bucket of slop on the house. By the time the rest got in he had the blaze put out. ’