| Show clarence nixon ni painfully pa burned 0 21 CIarence the fifteen year old ann of mr and mrs airs gengo geo go nixon was quite seriously burned about the legs and arms last thursday night as the result of an accident at the old county jail claience Cla ienco was engaged in drawing gasoline by lantern light at about eleven when some of the treacherous liquid was squirt ed onto the lantern causing a sudden fire that was soon communicated to several barrels of gasoline and lubricating oil stored in the building by tho the utah construction company there was no faucet in the tank from which ho he was drawing the oil and when he attempted to stop the flow with a screw plug the force of the oil in the tank caused several streams to spurt outward ou tard from the plug one of these streams saturated tho the bos clothing especially about the legs and the other splattered on the lantern globe catching fire with the assistance of the driver of the company auto truck young nixon extinguished the fire on his nothing but not until he had been painfully burned he was taken to the drug store where here dr attended him and gatei took him home citizens soon had several hose carts at the fire but considerable delay was experienced in finding bindi 39 a it wrench to turn on the water ater the necessary tool was finally discovered and water turned in through h the barred door and the fire smothered before the building and contents were totally destroyed des troed the building is of brick with metal roof and this fact kept the blaze confined so that neighboring property was as not endangered neither building nor contents insured inured in the building is owned by the mckune forwarding company and most of the contents on tents belonged to the utah construction company which conceio was using the place as a storehouse the corn any is operating an auto truck between this city and its various camps and it has been the habit to charge the truck with gasoline about midnight at the storehouse the unfortunate boy is slowly recovering from his thrilling exper bence but he ill bear scars on legs and arms to the end of his das as a reminder of his experience |
