Gastonia, Nov. 22—Lester Willis of Cramerton was fatally burned last night in East Gastonia while filling the empty tank of an automobile, gasoline having caught fire when a match was struck to provide light for the task.
Lester Willis and his brother, Charlie Willis, age 17, were on their way from their home in Cramerton to Gastonia. Their car gave out of gas just as they reached the city limits. They used an ordinary gallon bucket to carry the gas to their car. A match was struck to see how to fill the tank. The older boy, holding the bucket of fuel, allowed the match to drop into it. Seeing that he was holding a bucket of burning gas he hurled it backward on his younger brother, who he did not know was standing back of him.
The injured boy was rushed to a local hospital but died at 7:15 p. Friday.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 24, 1924
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