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Show GHOST FiRE SEARS MANYJLJTTLE ONES Church Entertainment Results Disastrously Dis-astrously to a Number of Children. CINCINNATI, Feb. 25. An accident at tho Richmond Street Christian church' hero tonight resulted in ten children being serious and others painfully burned. Seven aro In the city hospital. iThc Sunday-school room was crowded for an entertainment given by tho pastor. Rev. Vernon Stauffcr. Tho evening had been set apart for tho small boys, and a fcmnll crowd of glrl3 gathered on tho outside. out-side. The pastor was telling fairy stories. . Ono of the stories was to havo an air of mystery with ghostly scenes. In order to mako tho story realistic tho pastor provided a kettle which had salt In tho bottom of It. This was saturated with alcohol and set ntlrc for tho weird light of tho ghost story. When the boys wero gathered around tho weird fire suddenly a draft of wind struck thc stream of alcohol nnd an explosion followed. All those seated around tho liro were burned. Besldo the seven taken to tho hoapltnl, three wero taken home badly burned and others not seriously Injured were bandaged ban-daged up and takon to their homes. Those taken to the city hospital arc Georgo Mangclo. aj;cd C years; Carl Bertram, Ber-tram, aged (J, Earl Carson, aged 12; Arthur Ma3sar. aged 9; Edward Young, nged 12, Waldro Larkby, aged 16, and Walter Merrill, Mer-rill, accd 12. Among thoso takon to their homes who wero badly burned were Frcddlo Brcn-nan, Brcn-nan, aged 12 years; Harry Bertram, aged 11, and Freddie Bertram, aged 13. |