Show 4 4 4 KID HAS 4 4 5 NARROW ESCAPE 4 4 4 4 NEW YORK Sept 26 Nor Nor Nor- 4 4 man Selby better known as 4 4 l' l Kid McCoy cCoy the thc fighter nar- nar 4 4 o. o 4 escaped eath death today from 44 4 4 4 an explosion and fire fre on a 4 4 launch in which he passed the tho 4 4 night with a friend on the Hud Hud- 4 4 S son river 4 4 o. o The boat was anchored off of Fort 4 4 Washington point Selby and 4 4 his friend Fr Frank Geor George e of 4 4 4 Manhattan were we're preparing a a 4 4 4 chafing dish feast least over an alco alco- 4 4 J hoi liol lamp when the lamp 4 4 o. o 4 cd ed The Tho woodwork of the craft 4 4 caught fire fre and tho the gasoline tank 4 4 4 was threatened Both men dived 4 4 over the tho side and Selby held heM on 4 l' l to the edge of the craft while I. 4 George who is a good food swimmer immer 44 4 4 swam SWan to sh shore re a 4 1 1 small smal row boat and returned to 4 4 Selby Tho The mon men had bad hardly left 4 ardly lef 4 the tho launch when the gasoline 4 4 4 tank exploded J 4 J H z |