The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-03-24
,-vS JANIS CUNNINGHAM MAX
NOT SURVIVE GASOLINE
BURNS
cB1E~ THOMPSON PLACES BLAME
roR CRACK or BIG FIRE
FUhPER.
nErrCr KAD BEEN FOUND AND
NEW WHEELS WE'RE ON
THE WAY.

81, James Cunr.a=G"a1 axe" ~
..,-=. o. s3iS 'H.ap!1 stree. : II 'A''
,,,., VAllay Go1,r.G ,"":. - "a e very
,.-.,..> cnad.: .'::. >[Hcr" ;:""' severe
MS. .i,hn y>,Tr,NNC .'''."."'' r'iH 'E'-
: a'so n ;Nc "">?'2' S"n"T'NE
r., fracture @, he ;"'t lex. Ian
q. .,..,.,. anoth"~ c.ty H"cnaa. g ~"H':'
. IRON, a pa.nf;il S?ri:n G: his light
ard a. Nn!H-."cn - F'"a'" re
.~:.cE. owed by ;Ac c',y. i hNf.S oaEN-
gid - ~ r"sE': o, t'r" - 'h' 'un'
., aEha:n home yesterday morning ~
- o'c,ocE.
M-s. Cuaa.nEiSn "uG"rvd ae7 o"rn'
ven = quar-: bottle OF gasoline "N-
r:odcd. setting the home on ire "H"N
10 irrmen wrrN lajurcd when IN" t"H'
.,Asrl % the fire truck collapsed "H"''
>r~rd!nc 10 ihH b,a1".
The loss At tho CunntUGhan home
,,.., p~oNoh'~ reach sSNn. AZ N" wood
.,r,. , .b, Kitchen. where the sNpnSio0
,.,,-r.d, = badly burned and The entire
s-niSh. aGS damaged
Ar alarm was turned n from BOX -
\, Twen:y-thiry and Cha3,.nc streets
r.,iiIn:; SIX engine companies :" the
scene. In tho meantime ne woman hau
-.,:sned out OF ,Ac house. her clothing
r,aes Of Aamos ard was rushed 20 tne
Nosp,ral by p- Leonard E>hry and ~.
II. Z. LinSz
rhr flames were quickly 'x'!ncuiSa"''
With Chemicals. and wcr" r"nln"i |"
he ore room.
Tho accident 10 ,ho IT." truck occurred
~ tho intersection e Eis'te"nth AAd
Market streets. AS IN ;~N:i from En-
TN, Conway No :. a; seventeenth and
Zoo streets was rushing (" thN u-".
Fireman poUmyrv was standing on
tie rrar OF tho truck when the vince!
coliarSad. throwing the truck 10 one
de H. was thrown heavily TO ;h'
@round. while Walter Ynhn. the driver
and Fireman Mecca. remained or t@'
Lax; trying - keep The machine In ;h'
street. Il was IN the crash With the curb
Stone thgt ". Nciral suffered the
Spain o~ h!S i"G
William EuEEinS. Who lives near n"
Scrar Of the rr~ was one o. ;hc h-St
men 20 arrive aSte~ the explosion. hLN'
.uE been rs,.ig. il front OF IN" houS"
when the rrasA occurred. He stopped
ard n q few seconds Mrs. Cuan!HEham
-,.shcd out u. front door Of IN" home,
I was walking IN front OF ths house
wScn heard the crash said Mr.. Hug
gas ~ heard \ woman scream and
VAS about 20 enter Tho house when she
,'are running cu.. her entire body COW
rcd with flames Several % us cried -
hpr 70 lie down. which she did, In tho
meantime a neiGhhor woman had thrown
4 heavy rug out and the injured woman
was wrapped IN IT, smo therirg the
'a-nre. A machine was pssstaS and the
n~iver was called. We placed the won'
Al n the machine and took her to no
hospital"
''h'et oc the bureau OF Fires A Barley
Thompson made the following state
-l~at yesterday afternoon. The acct
deHc 20 the truck was cauS"d by S7'o,keS
n re wheel being Improperly seasoned
oHTsiHS the whre to break som" .:n'
ego We found the whN", had no: h+>"n
properly seasoned. and "" asked III"
American Ia Franco comraEy - fix tho
tuck Cor Us. We hay" since received
word that two new wheels ar, IN tho
WA. and should b. here hv row
"TaN -urno- that ne Eleventh Street
company. NumS~- Sev"r. vas cIShi3c
90 'ne t-uck. causing Driver Yahn n
s,aa"Hiv ~w;Hs no heavy truck. -
gross: UH:-u. my~";t WAS riding
~ nc E,ev"a':, street trick. ~ car D..
~ temporarily OUT oC omr,.s;toC aud
or truck VAS fully ons hundred feet
way fr"7' -" crossing when n" Other
'T.irH da-tei o."
N;;r7d71'S q; the hospital last evr-
~ seated INA: Ms Cunninghams
.rrG...r~ - c-;::ca, On. she still has
, ,ta-,r. or recovering Her burns are
o. 'h-u 'h-""-G'ra-:ers over her body
..1 %ho s suffering intense pain.
DoHmyer = not seriously hurt. aside
-rrr re fractured leg