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Show DRUG EXPLOSION . . SERIOUSLY HURTS PRESCRfPTION CLERK MinDUETOWN. Conn.. June IS. Harold Har-old Perrnelee. a drug clerk here, la In a hospital today and may inee hla eight aa Ihe reatilt or an- explosion of rhrmkele which he was compounding In arcorUam-e with a rresTlptlnn for liniment. Th Pies, rlptlnn tailed for a mixture ol quic k-silver k-silver and nlirle add. It seemed an unusual un-usual compound and the drug clerk asked the customer If ha wns sure It was right. Tha ruatomer assured him. that be bad uad It many times before Parmelee went hark to the prescription counter and poured the two chemicals to. aether. Immediately an aopialon hook the building. t'srnielee. hllnled and In-iured. In-iured. tagered from behind? the counter In a fury of pain and attacked the voting man who had given the order. The fellow took to hla heela and Parmelee collapsed fJlobttlea from the mixture had wounded his face aa If they were small shot, and hla eyes were terribly bumed. |