The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 2, 1903
POWDER EXPLODED.
An Eight-Year-Old Boy Burned To Death at Pawnee.
Pawnee, Okla., June 30 – An accident happened to the 8-year-old son of George Miller, which resulted in his death.
The boy got hold of a quantity of gunpowder and filled one of his pockets and then put a quantity on the ground and attempted to set fire to it. It did not go readily and he went back to it, when it exploded and set fire to the boys clothing and exploding the powder in his pocket, burning the boy so badly that he died.
POWDER EXPLODED.
An Eight-Year-Old Boy Burned To Death at Pawnee.
Pawnee, Okla., June 30 – An accident happened to the 8-year-old son of George Miller, which resulted in his death.
The boy got hold of a quantity of gunpowder and filled one of his pockets and then put a quantity on the ground and attempted to set fire to it. It did not go readily and he went back to it, when it exploded and set fire to the boys clothing and exploding the powder in his pocket, burning the boy so badly that he died.
The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 2, 1903
POWDER EXPLODED.
An Eight-Year-Old Boy Burned To Death at Pawnee.
Pawnee, Okla., June 30 – An accident happened to the 8-year-old son of George Miller, which resulted in his death.
The boy got hold of a quantity of gunpowder and filled one of his pockets and then put a quantity on the ground and attempted to set fire to it. It did not go readily and he went back to it, when it exploded and set fire to the boys clothing and exploding the powder in his pocket, burning the boy so badly that he died.
POWDER EXPLODED.
An Eight-Year-Old Boy Burned To Death at Pawnee.
Pawnee, Okla., June 30 – An accident happened to the 8-year-old son of George Miller, which resulted in his death.
The boy got hold of a quantity of gunpowder and filled one of his pockets and then put a quantity on the ground and attempted to set fire to it. It did not go readily and he went back to it, when it exploded and set fire to the boys clothing and exploding the powder in his pocket, burning the boy so badly that he died.
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