Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — OIL BLAST KILLS FIREMEN [ARTICLE]

OIL BLAST KILLS FIREMEN

Members of Cincinnati Department Caught in Explosions. “Cincinnati, Aug. 6. —Several members of Cincinnati Are department , were killed and another probably fatally burned In a fire and series of explosions at the plant of the Refiners’ Oil company. One unidentified body was received at the morgue. Lieut. Fred Hotel is among the known dead. a A cigarette stub thrown into the oil yard is believed to-have started th^ la • re - /ith.