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INTERACTIVE TOWN PEOPLE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PEALE RESEARCH FOUNDATION SURROUNDING AREAS |
A Terrible AccidentPublished Friday, May 4, 1906A terrible accident resulting in the death of a father and four-year old daughter occurred at Peale Monday afternoon. A Slav named Paul Amission was trying to cut down a stone jug to a crock when the jug exploded setting his clothing on fire. In his frenzy he grabbed his little four-year old daughter who was standing close by and her clothing was in flames instantly. The child died in a few minutes after the neighbors arrived on the scene and extinguished the flames. The father was taken to the Philipsburg Hospital, where he died within an hour after his arrival. The "cutting down of a jug" is a common practice among the foreigners at the mines. They get the jug with whiskey, alcohol or spirits. When empty they take a wire, soak it in coal oil, place around the jug where they desire to cut it and then apply a match. The heat from the wire cuts the jug. In this case there must have been some whiskey or alcohol in the jug, as it exploded when the heat generated the gas on the inside. |
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