Show eli whipple is very severely burned sunday night about 10 0 clock ell whipple of this city was severely burned he was on his way home from the dixie mine accompanied by adert and bad made camp for the night at curley hollow he had been moving cans of coal oil and gasoline while on the road to prevent it coming in contact with the food and some of the gasoline saturated his clothing he fastened a carbide lamp tp himself in front to see to feed the forsea while was preparing supper the carbide lamp set ahre to his clothing and instantly his clothing was ablaze he called to and jerked off his clothing aided by Sorens but not before hia heavy mack lna and other clothes were burned through he sustained very serious burns on his chest and stomach and the doctors say it will be many days before he will be able to work had his hands badly burned in assisting |