Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-27 | Page 15 | Seat of Trousers Ablaze

S SEAT EAT OF TROUSERS ABLAZE I I Hit lilt Bp of nf Matches in inMan's inMans Mans Inns lUll hip locket Elizabeth N. N J J. May Ia A A man manx x w who ho C carried matches in his hip pocket er created a lot of excitement in Elizabeth Eliza beth b eth avenue U Officer told th the e man to move on He lie did lid not show how m much uch Inclination to take the cops cop's a ice 1 and the latter hit lilt him a crack w with ith his night stick The night stick landed on a box of or p parlor arlor matches and ancI in a few minutes tI the me man was Ax-as yelling fire The whole se seat scat at of or his trousers was ras ablaze and andis h his is coat taij tall WitS was beginning to burn hurn A companion ran into a saloon and se sent nt in an alarm of fire fhe by telephone to one of the fire engine houses while a crowd gathered and with glasses of b beer eer began hegan to extinguish tho the blaze blase When the trouble was Avas over o the man lm had trousers only f from om the knees d oWn His coat tails also had been sa sacrificed to the blaze