Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 11 | Boy Sets Clothes Afire with Matches

r Boy Sets ets Clothes Afire Afir With With Matches i 2 Year Old Year Old Suffers Bad Bur Burns s From Exp Experiment Little hands explorIng the mysteries mys my- teries of a cupboard shelf shelf shelt- matches matches and and year old Sherman Culp CuIp son of at Mr and Mrs Reed C. C Culp Virginia street t was in a hospital Saturday with second see sec ond and and third degree burns on Ills thighs and abdomen n. n Sherman had been watching his brother Reed 4 and a playmate playmate playmate play play- mate strike matches while playIng play play- Ing log at a n neighbors neighbor's h b home me and de decided decided decided de- de he woud like to play too Ho He got some matches and went into the tho garage But a few moments moment later the screams of a terrified youngster filled the air and Sherman ran from the garage his clothing in flames Miss Florence Martin maid at atI atthe I 1 the Culp Cuip home ran from the house rolled Sherman on on the grass and stripped him of at his clothing Mrs Culp Gulp returned home from Irom froma a Ii short visit a f few w minutes tes later to find Miss Martin and neighbors neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors administering first aid The boy later was removed to a hos lies pital I I had match was the way Sherman explained ined the tho accident Saturday to to his parents c I j 4 f oi k N V t Sherman Gulp Culp