Indianapolis (IN) News, August 11, 1899, p. 6.
SPRINKLED WITH GASLOLINE
Scottsburg, Ind., August 11-Yesterday afternoon, in the capping department
of the Scottsburg Canning Company, James Freeman was sprinkled with gasoline
from a defective heater, and it was ignited. He ran out in a sheet of
flames, and he was badly burned before the flames were extinguished.