Six Burned to Death By Exploding Petroleum
“ALL HAPPENED LIKE FLASH OF LIGHTNING." United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. PRYOR (Oklahoma), Jan. 16. Exploding petroleum from a pipe line break burned to death four women spectators In an automobile watching their husbands make repairs, and two men workers. The explosion alßo injured six other repairmen. One of the latter describing the incident said it all happened like a flash of lightning. One minute tho women were in the automobile talking and the next they were cremated and the car molten. They made no move and no outcry. Death was instantaneous.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 14, 18 January 1937, Page 6
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103Six Burned to Death By Exploding Petroleum Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 14, 18 January 1937, Page 6
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