Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 363
FFECT OF AN EXPLOSIONOF COAL-GAS The house shown in the photograph was a smalltwo-storied building in the city of Fort Wayne,Indiana. It is supposed that frost caused a break inthe gas-pipe and allowed the gas to escape intothe cellar. A boy went down the cellar steps andat the foot of them struck… … THE HOUSE THAT WAS CURIOUSLY WRECKEDBY A GAS EXPLOSION. were set on fire, but he was rescued and sent toa hospital. The tenant of the house and a youngerboy escaped into the street. The explosion setfire to the house, but the flames were extinguishedquickly. The main force of the explosion was in…
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