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April 13, 1911
The Wahpeton Times
Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
On Sunday night in Fairmount, H. J. Arnold's auto ignited in a livery barn from a gasoline leak and a match; it was quickly pulled out and extinguished with minimal damage, narrowly sparing the barn.
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Sunday night an alarm of fire was sounded just at church time, the cause was an auto owned by H. J. Arnold being afire.
Mr. Arnold keeps the auto in a livery barn, he had the machine out for a ride and in taking it back to the barn the gasoline valve was turned off, and it leaked out and saturated the floor.
One of the barn men lighted a lantern and threw a lighted match under the car—there was a puff and in an instant the machine was wrapped in flames, the car was run out of the barn and the blaze extinguished with extinguishers.
The damage to the machine was slight, but the barn had a narrow escape.
—Fairmount News.
Mr. Arnold keeps the auto in a livery barn, he had the machine out for a ride and in taking it back to the barn the gasoline valve was turned off, and it leaked out and saturated the floor.
One of the barn men lighted a lantern and threw a lighted match under the car—there was a puff and in an instant the machine was wrapped in flames, the car was run out of the barn and the blaze extinguished with extinguishers.
The damage to the machine was slight, but the barn had a narrow escape.
—Fairmount News.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Catastrophe
What keywords are associated?
Auto Fire
Gasoline Leak
Livery Barn
Barn Fire Escape
What entities or persons were involved?
H. J. Arnold
Where did it happen?
Livery Barn In Fairmount
Story Details
Key Persons
H. J. Arnold
Location
Livery Barn In Fairmount
Event Date
Sunday Night
Story Details
An auto owned by H. J. Arnold caught fire in a livery barn due to a gasoline leak ignited by a match from a barn man lighting a lantern; the car was run out and the blaze extinguished with slight damage to the machine.