Show MET TRAGIC DEATH iI i I ThirteenYearOld Boy Drops Lighted I Cigarette Into Tank Car and Is Blown to Pieces Philadelphia Pa April IS Thomas Copeland 13 years of 2035 McClellan street met a tragic death the police say in consequence of his own carelessness careless-ness With a cigarette In his mouth young Copeland climbed aboard an empty oil car which was on a siding Accordlngto the police Copeland forced off the lid of the manhole and peered Into the dark interior of the tank A spark fell from hIs cigarette and the pentup fumes of benlne ignited There was a terrific roar and a burst of names that were heard and seen for squares around Copeland was blown forty feet Into the air and killed All the clothing was stripped from his body Even his shoes were blown from his feet |