The death of the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the elder used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr.and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from the house but he was dead and the older brother died 5 hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital.The father,employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
The death of the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the elder used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr.and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from the house but he was dead and the older brother died 5 hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital.The father,employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
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