Pittsboro, March 16—Clem Gattis, white farmer living four miles west of Bynum, and Robert Hamlet were severely burned Monday morning when Gattis threw gasoline into a stove at Will Harrison’s filling station. The flames enveloped Gattis, burning him dreadfully on the hands, arms and stomach. Hamlet was badly burned. Frank Gattis, Clem’s son, was burned on the hand trying to rescue his father. Gattis and Hamlet were treated by Dr. W.R. Chapin of Pittsboro, who had them rushed to Watts Hospital, Durham, where very little hope is held out for Gattis’ recovery.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, March 17, 1927
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