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Show LIGHTS ITCH IN A GASOLINE TANK CI B03'. Instantly Killed, Another Fatally Injured, Three or Four Badly Burned. DETROIT.-Xov. 7. -Joe Staray, V. years old, was instantly killed; Joseph Tontnsczltcski, A years old. was perhaps per-haps fatally injured and thrco or four other boys were badly burned lato today to-day b" an explosion of gas in a tank car which recently had been emptied of gasoline, - A number of boys were playing hide and seek among freight cars on a siding. sid-ing. - . Tomasczkeski noticing the opening in thc empty lank car, TTceidcd it was a good place to conceal himself. He descended des-cended to .the floor of tho car with Starzy following him. Just as thc latter lat-ter was entering the opening Tonmsczk-edci Tonmsczk-edci struck' a match'. Starzy was blown fiftv feet into the air aud fell on top of a box car. His body was fearfully burnod. Tomasezeski lay flnt on tho bottom of the car until tho flames burned out and then crawled up the ladder, lie was terribly' burned about thc head and bod'. The other lads -were climbing on tho car when tho explosion occurred. |