The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-02-01
TBRnIBIE ACCIDENT.
Explosion Of a Can Of Oi1-Two Young
Ladies Fatally Burned

On SATURDAY night ABOUT 5lslis lttes ofStt7-A
o'eI0tE, d fatal accident oceurreo atthe house
Of Thos Daily. Esq, q sreil known resident
I of Ehis eits, which fesal1ed IN the dealh o.
two estimabla s0nng laasess 1llss Mary Dally
land Miss Kate Harrington
The young ladies had been spcnulnE tue
aitern0oR at Miss Daily S residence. Ihey
7 HAD gone out aboat ?. 81. 10 Miss Harripg-
tons h0ase abest two hundred yards dis
t.tnt, returning abeat eleven b clock
The fire Is the. slltin room had5appa
died cut, and the weather being very cold
! the Young ladies concluded to burn little
Fz06d in-tke stove to warm themselves. eEhe
i sra6d was procured and placed Ia the stove
over the dead Goals. and to make It burn
+ better, they eosiolHded, IN an eVd monenes
I to fsaur sqHp5 ell on the we9i, before. tae
] Rood was lighted Miss D6il7 TeIis into the
4 sitehen. and came back with laTg5 can Of
aurora eil,l containing abea5 one 8aiion 9E
I tl6 oil. The can had no spout, the means Z
+ p6urine it being hole about an inch and 8
+ half in dlameter, IN the top Of the cam
j Miss Daily took the cork ont of the can ana
i held it over the top-ot the stove ana com-
meaeed pouring the OIL Unlortdnatelyi the
Iarearentiv sad Goals were merely blackened
/ ~ tbe serfaee. below the red Ere felt the
teach Of the OIL, and Ia an instant leapee
/ out to meet it. In "a moment OF time the
[ stream of flame had reached the can Of. oil,
Haua tl1s faeser exploded, dashing the neFJ
/ LIQUID all over the room, enyeleping the
| ladies' n Gasnesi and setting IRE 20 tne car
1 pets. tapestry and everything IN the room.
TIE ladies frishfened and amazed, rushed
into each others arms, then broke away. ior
/ safety Miss Daily rushed into m adjoining
i bedroom, and threw herself on the bed IN @
vain Attempt to put ont the fumes, Dat only
/ snaeeeaed In setting FIRE to the bedelothes.
/ She then rushed cut again into the blazing
room. was sulfoeated with the hanies ead
smoke, abd fell On the floor, from when sne
was rescued by the negro man attacaeq @
Ethe house who alarmed BY the e1piosioni
! had four successive times yainly Attempted
/ to eater the Groom, but va eaeh tune egtFeR
/ back by tAe smoke ana hrei sfennalty sue
Fceeded IA dashine in, and stulaa !IIg oYer5ne
Enow insensile Girl, raised her uF, sfssa "a one
4 desperate leap, was out of ne
i Miss Harringtons on breaking a5FfaY ron
lher. conpaaiou, had bi.ndly endeavorea 20
! escane from the room, ,sand after several IN
/ elFectual attempts at maaly groplng ter the
j door. had ran cut into the street. All aplaze.
i A negro man. attracted to the scene h7 the
noise, arrived at this moment and speeeeaed
/ in tearing the clothes from the poar glrA
Miss Daily was immedIateiy carried 20 tne
house of a neighbor, and Miss harrington
] taken to her fathers residence. Medlcal ilie
was at once summoned, and every attention
! that love and skill could render, was used 70
save the lives of the ladies. But their late
was sealed; the dread inhalation Of the
i flames had numbered their days. Alter an
hours time, they both became conscious
and continued SO during the night Ihey
we're terribly burned but their last hours
were quiet and peaceful Between SIX apa
seven o'clock their spirits passed from eaFsh
to their heavenly home. -
It Is needless for US to depict the terrible
condition Of the bodies OF the dead. Imagi-
nation can scarcely conceive more haE-
rowing scene. We viii not shock our read
ers by attempting the deseripu0n-
The fire in the house was extinguished
with but little difficulty, excepting the many
Intellectual attempts to enter the room a
/ dozen buckets of water thrown N frOn the
/ door. extincuished what little ire remained
after the oil had burnt itself out. On en-
tering it the appearance of its contents was
curious The walls were completely black
! ened, the carpet burned up, the oil lamp,
| which had stood on the centre table, had
evidently been burst by the intense heat ana
lay scattered around. The varnlsh had been
/ burnt out Of 6he piano. and ene OF tbeslegs
/ Of the instrument considerably charred- The
bed was all ablaze, and the feathers streWn
over the entire room. The room, during the
time chat the girls were burning ia IT. had
evidently been one mass of fame, which 20
mortal could breathe and live.
That the oil was Aurora docs not By
any means, IN our Judgment, prove q to be
dangerous oil. ANY Illuminating oil would
have exploded under the same circumstances.
Even Illuminating gas VIII explode when 3
light is introduced into quantlty 81 It.
Kerosene and Aurora oils are intended 70
burn in lamps specially prepared for their
use, and neither In stoves nor IN tin cans Is
It safe to test their non-explosiye qualities
A RIcH SERMoN.-The following rich ex-
tract from a sermon viii be recognized at a
glance by some Of our readers here at home.
It loses much Of its humor, because we can.
not put IN print the sing-song style and aP-
propriate gestures that accompany it.
My friends, sin makes the Purtiest young
man or CONAN in the world ngly-ah. And
III tell you how I know-ah, aa / was coming
up to church to-day-ah, saw some young
men in the road-ah. And / thought one Of
them the purtiest young man ever saw IN
my life-ah Ahd as ] drew nigh unto them
/ discoVed that they we're playing az mar
Fels, aud they al drew nigh unto place
they called taw-ah and they maryeled-ah.
i And fhis purity young man was the last one
to marFel-ah and when he narYeled5 he
jumped up and Tapped bis hands, ike
rooster does his wings, and says he; " 1 wish
| may be d-d if j haint fat an. And, On
my friends then J Thought that hs was the
ugliest young man that ever i saw ia my
llEe-aR. and opeae4 fnT 1neh5n ana sl}5ke
unto. him thus-ah Says j, young mans
this is not the way h salvation AID says
he, Old Horse, If yoa have been saliyated
ae bad as I have, you wouidn't want 70 hear
talk about salvation
and now my friends, when that or young
nfaH said I4e was fab he told liesah, for he
vas as lean as that hungry locking sister
over thar that's always pragIng 60 pious
, while the hat IS being passed around an.
And, my friends. If that young mar iiada
been blinded by sin he never could nave
{ mistuk me for an old horse-ah.
AnotheF Tennessee ensoa-Judee n.
4. Patterson and lf T. Carr, Esq, have IN
. vented and rnatured q new l10Iei lnai5a-
tor, upon which they have made application
for United States letters patent
il consists Of the connection Of two d5ais,
either 81 band Or By single cord CT wire
attached to age-w0Fk so that tie movement
. I of The index hand on the dial in tie guests