Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — Comb Fxplodes In Tresses. [ARTICLE]

Comb Fxplodes In Tresses.

During service at St. Mary’s Catholie church. Beresford, S. D., Miss Nona Ryan, aged 19 pears, was sitting near a stove, when of a sudden an explosion took place in her hair, and infmediately her whole head was enveloped in flames. John L. Reedy and Robert O’Rielly tried to extinguish the flames, but Jfound it necessary to cut the hair from her head with a jackknife, which was the only accessible instrument. All parties were badly scorched, but will recover. The cause of the explosion was found to be an overheated celluloid comb, which ignited from the heat of the stove.