The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-07

on his blazing body and he was told
| to roll As he turned over and over
Mrs. Sausville and Mr.. Mulligan
wrapped the carpeting closer and
smothered the flames with their
hands.
Some time elapsed before the SER
vices of a physician could be secured
and in the meantime neighbors
brought bedding and pillows which
they placed about Gray's body Physl-
clans later began to arrive and after
Gray had been cared for as well as
possible, under the circumstances, he
was placed in an automobile and, ac-
companed by Drs. E. NJ. GARDINER
and Il. b. Daley, taken to the Samari
tan hospital in Troy. Upon their re-
turn the physicians stated that the
man apparently stood the journey
much better than was thought pos
sible, but because of the deep burns
on the chest and upper alb
domen they did not have much hope
that Gray would recover. His face
was horribly burned, the skin black
ened and scared. The skin was also
peeled from his arms and his feet
were in a shocking condition.
IN The house at the time of the ac-
cident were Mr.. and Mrs. Gray, the
two little daughters a baby and Mr.
Gray's mother, Mrs. Ann Mareah
Gray, who lived with the family. The
baby was on the floor in the front OF
the house and Mrs. Ann Gray was in
an upstairs room. The other four
were in the kitchen. Judging from an
examination of the kitchen, the ex-
plosion must have converted the little
room into furnace. That any one
of the four escaped is undoubtedly
due to the presence of mind of Mrs.
Gray who, in spite of the fact that
her hair was on fire seized the two
little girls and pushed them through
the door Both children were in their
bare feet and the burning fluid eyi-
IDENTITY flowed between their toes and
famed about their little limbs. once
out of doors they rolled upon the
ground and in this way smothered the
fire in their clothing.
Mrs. Gray and the little girls were
taken TO the home OF Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Sausyille. Hero they were at
tended by the physicians and lator
tile older child, whose, injuries were
the most severe OF the three. was tak-
en- by DR.. d V ODonnell and Miss
Susie Rogers to the ldtter's home
where she is being cared for. The.
child's burns were dressed Monday by
a trained nurse and while they are
severe the little one should make a
quick recovery, barring infection.
Ernest Gray, who was 81 years old.
was the son of the late William Gray
and had been employed in the wash
room of the Cooper Manufacturing |
underwear factory Last |
November he fell into a vat of boil
ing water and nearly his entire body
was scalded so that the skin peeled |
away. He was in the hospital for
luHbptI vi NcekS anu lldu not TtCON Il
cred from his injuries While he hadI
returned to work he found 1t impoa |
sible to put in full week, particular |
y because of the condition of his |
.ect.
The department was called out for |
.hc fire following the explosion and !
made a quick response. \ stream |
soon quenced the blaze in the kitchen |
md the fire was confined TO the rear
lart of the house. When the gas in |
he kerosene oil can exploded the
bottom Of the can was blown out, thus
citing loose every drop of the fluid |
rhe oil must have reached almost |
very part Of the room. Even the
hardwood kitchen table looked as
hough a plumber had worked over
very inch of it with a sasolene
soldering torch anu The furniture and
woodwork presented a similar appear
Incc.