Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1920 — BADLY BURNED BY GASOLINE [ARTICLE]

BADLY BURNED BY GASOLINE

Clifford Shellhart a Victim of Accidental Explosion. Clifford Shellhart, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shellhart of southeast of town, was severely burned Friday while assisting his brother In locating some trouble Intheir Ford car. It seems the gasoline feed was not working properly and the boy had, crawled underneath the car to investigate. He took a match to push up the pipe to open the feed, but by mistake used the head of the match instead of the wood end, and the match Ignited setting fire to the gasoline and in turn to the lad’s clothing, and before the blaze could be extinguished his entire left side was burned to a blister, also the side of his face and neck was burned. The lad Is doing quite well and the doctor thinks he will fully recover from his injuries.