Show FORTY INJURED BY EXPLOSION burning automobile th 3 cause cauce of a serious accident petaluma Pet aluma cali cal forty persons were severely burned in an automobile explosion hero here sunday which may cost the lives of mayor of this flits town and three ollier 3 who possibly aro are fatally injured A crowd gathered ga thereA about it a burning automobile which had been dragged from a garage mayor who is 3 a former chief of the fire department responded to the firm alarm and attacked tho the blaze with a chemical fere extinguisher the mayor was thrown forty feet by the explosion which ensued james tott mott maurice hachey and william brandon Drai ulon were cn an voloyed in flames and res rescued cited a few moments later at the point of death the crowd was swept by a blast bla st ot of lame flame and several pers were trampled upon in the panic which followed |