John Kennington, an employe of the Standard Ice & Fuel company, suffered painful, but not serious bruises (burns?) Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock when the blaze from a blow torch ignited his sleeve on which gasoline had dropped. Fellow workmen rushed to help extinguish the flames, but he had been burned painfully about the arms, side and back. He was taken to St. Peter’s hospital, where he was reported Saturday night not to be seriously burned.
Mr. Kennington recently came here from Columbia and had been employed at the plant only a short while. He was engaged in assorting cans and got too close to a blow torch. The gasoline that had dropped on his sleeve caused ignition.
From The Charlotte News, Sunday morning, July 24, 1921
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