Elizabeth City, N.C., May 11 (AP)—Fire attributed to spontaneous combustion destroyed a large warehouse at the plant of the Eastern Cotton Oil Company on Knobbs Creek just outside this city early today. The loss was unofficially estimated at between $60,000 and $65,000, partially covered by insurance.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, May 11, 1926
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A flammable substance can ignite itself when the material heats itself through internal chemical reactions until it reaches its ignition point. This occurs without any external flame or spark. Eastern Cotton Oil Company on Knobbs Creek processed cottonseed into oil, meal, and othe rproducts used in agriculture and manufacturing.
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