Show MAN 0 EVLO david H mann narrow ly escapes death at wells nevada WELLS NEV oct 29 david 11 II mann ot of brigham city narrowly escaped death at wells nevada this morning according to mr air mann who Is a locomotive fireman for or the southern pacific R R co they had pulled out ot of the the round house to the water tank A heavy oil ire fire was left in the he engine while he got up to take water after taking water he got down in n to the engine and noticed the tire fire had gone out knowing that the tire fire box was full ot of unburned oil he immediately stepped from in in front of 0 the tire fire door when by some unknown means the oil and gas was ignited and terla fic explosion oc cured the force of 0 the explosion blew mr mann clear out of the gang way ot of the locomotive and twenty feet away on to the west bound main flames and tire fire mounted to twenty feet in the air when mann picked himself up he found that his socks were blown entirely off as well as the skin of both ankles his overalls were in shreds 0 and the pockets of his jumper were blowe off it if he had been standing ng in front of tile the tire fire door when the i ill alosi on accused he undoubtedly would havi have been burned to a crisp als is the second narrow escape man has experienced in the las f four years it will be remembered that due to the breaking ot of the platform over a seventy foot dug well lie he wai precipitated toward the bott bottom oln buhala way down he lit on a timbre anil an hung there until resell rescued ed had he gobie gone to the bottom he would have met de bealh a lb by falling on the motor he attributes trl utes his narrow escape to the hand of providence |